IP Addresses

What is IP Address? What is IP Address?  A network protocol suite such as TCP/IP (or OSI) has to have a methodology by which devices on the network can identify each other at every level of the network model. …

IP Addressing IP addresses are represented by a 32-bit unsigned binary value. It is usually expressed in a dotted decimal format. Here are some examples of IP addresses shown in dotted decimal form. 128.2.7.9 10.1.2.34 120.224.21.253 …

Class Based IP Addresses Class Based IP Addresses The IP address is 32 bits in length and is used to identify both the host address (Host id) and the address of the network (Net id) in which …

Reserved IP Addresses   Reserved IP Addresses  A component of an IP address with a value all bits 0 or all bits 1 has a special meaning: • All bits 0: An address with all bits 0 in the …

IP Subnetting   IP Subnetting  Due to the explosive growth of the Internet, the principle of assigned IP addresses became too inflexible to allow easy changes to local network configurations. Those changes might occur when: • A new type …

Domain Name System (DNS) Domain Name System To identify an entity, TCP/IP protocols use the IP address, which uniquely identifies the connection of a host to the internet. However, people prefer to use names instead of addresses. …