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
There are many resources available on networking that explain home subnets in depth, but simply put, a subnet is a set of addresses that a device can communicate with, without any help from a router.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2020
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
For example, all of the computers for Wesleyan University in the U.S.A. are in the subnet 129.133, while the number in the previous paragraph represents a full address to one of the university's computers.
From The Online World by De Presno, Odd
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