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 begin, contact your Internet service provider to get your account's IP address and other numbered settings, such as subnet mask, default gateway and DNS 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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