subnet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of subnet
Example Sentences
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You should then configure the second router to have an open Wi-Fi network and give IP addresses on a different subnet.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2020
The two of you are probably connecting to Facebook from the same IP subnet, or else using Facebook on your cellphones from near-overlapping geocodes.
From Slate • Oct. 23, 2015
It scans packets and all of the traffic on the subnet.
From Forbes • Jun. 27, 2011
Before you start installing anything, make sure you have the following information handy: your broadband connection's IP address, subnet mask, default gateway and DNS IP addresses.
From Time Magazine Archive
By advertising 128.174 to the Internet with a subnet mask of FF.FF.00.00, the Internet would treat these two addresses as one.
From Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet by Krol, Ed
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