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CCNA Exam Prep 5, IPv4 Addressing Basics and Private Ranges


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This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
In this episode you will learn:
- The three RFC 1918 private IPv4 address ranges you must memorize: 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, and 192.168.0.0/16.
- How to spot the common CCNA exam trap involving the 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255 private range.
- The function of special addresses like the 127.0.0.0/8 loopback block for testing and the 169.254.0.0/16 APIPA range which indicates a DHCP failure.
- The difference between historical address classes (A, B, C) and how they relate to default subnet masks still relevant for the exam.
- The core networking strategy of using private addresses for internal LANs and Network Address Translation (NAT) for internet connectivity.
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