Editing Subnet (section)

===Subnetting===
Subnetting is the process of designating some high-order bits from the host part as part of the network prefix and adjusting the subnet mask appropriately. This divides a network into smaller subnets. The following diagram modifies the above example by moving 2 bits from the host part to the network prefix to form four smaller subnets each one quarter of the previous size.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left;"
!
! Binary form
! Dot-decimal notation
|-
| IP address
| <code>11000000.00000000.00000010.10000010</code>
| 192.0.2.130
|-
| Subnet mask
| <code>11111111.11111111.11111111.'''11'''000000</code>
| 255.255.255.192
|-
| Network prefix
| <code>11000000.00000000.00000010.10000000</code>
| 192.0.2.128
|-
| Host part
| <code>00000000.00000000.00000000.00000010</code>
| 0.0.0.2
|}