By looking at the addressing structures, you can see that even with a Class C address, there are a large number of hosts per network. Such a structure is an inefficient use of addresses if each end of a routed link requires a different network number. It is unlikely that the smaller office LANs would have that many devices. You can resolve this problem by using a technique known as subnet addressing. | Addressing Subnetting for Exploration-Si Cisco Systems s Networking ACADEMY 1 Addressing .to identify and locate each host. We call it addressing . Identification hostname address MAC IP - IP address MAC add MAC address local IP address internetwork An address generally represents the connection to the network 2 Addressing unique address letter network address and number host address
