Clarification on Bit Boundary needed!

Hi

Can anybody please explain the concept of Bit boundary and where it is applied/needed/takes part in networking?

I need a clear explanation for this because I have confusion in understanding the concept

Thanks & Regards

Swaminathan

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greenerek

Bit boundary is a bit in the IP address which marks the point where address IP is the same and where is different.

Assuming that you have address 192.168.8.0 with mask /24 and need 3 subnets so the bit boundary is /26 so you have

192.168.8.0/26
192.168.8.64/26
192.168.8.128/26
192.168.8.192/26

shanparames

greenerek wrote: »

Bit boundary is a bit in the IP address which marks the point where address IP is the same and where is different.

Assuming that you have address 192.168.8.0 with mask /24 and need 3 subnets so the bit boundary is /26 so you have

192.168.8.0/26
192.168.8.64/26
192.168.8.128/26
192.168.8.192/26

Can you explain me in detail because not got clear idea from your text ?

This bit boundary is somewhat vague concept in summarization

Swaminathan

greenerek

shanparames wrote: »

Can you explain me in detail because not got clear idea from your text ?

This bit boundary is somewhat vague concept in summarization

Swaminathan

well, I'm not sure if I can explain you better...hm...

Just try read this first and if you still don't understand some aspect let me know...
Appendix B: Address Space Bit Masks