IPv4 Addressing
2. VLSM
VLSM (Variable Length Subnet Masking) permits productive utilization of IP addresses. Systems actualized with VLSM can be condensed all the more productively because of manual control. With a separation vector convention, for example, RIP, just a single subnet veil esteem can be utilized on a system, as subnet cover esteems are not sent in steering updates. Variable Length Subnet Masking or VLSM enables the switch to report a progression of addresses with a solitary directing table section. The manner in which that does this is it takes a gander at the addresses and learns which of those addresses are comparative out to an assigned piece design, otherwise called “high-arrange bits”. It at that point takes a gander at the subnet veil going with the refresh and chooses which arrangement of addresses are viewed as matches.