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Network IDs and subnet masks

Network IDs and subnet masks

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Network IDs and subnet masks

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- Any device that wants to be on an IP network has to give you some method to type in the IP address, the subnet mask, and the default gateway. So I'm going to do it here in Windows. Let's take a look. So what I'm going to be looking for is called Network and Sharing Center. Now there's about 5,000 ways to get to it, I'm going to click on Network Connections and then scroll down a little bit, and here's Network and Sharing Center. You can also get that through the control panel as well. In fact, it shows you control panel right here. Now the Network and Sharing Center is your one-stop shop for anything you have to do when it comes to dealing with your network, your network cards, any type of connections, whatever you need. What I want to do is right here where it says change adapter settings. So right now there are two network cards in my computer. This is my Real Network card and I want you to pretend like that one's not…

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