What is an IP address?

What is  a network or IP address?

• IP ADDRESS

An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. An IP address serves two principal functions: host or network interface identification and location addressing.

Example of an IP address:

WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF IP ADDRESS

• IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4)
• IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6)

IPv4

Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) defines an IP address as a 32-bit number.^[2] However, because of the growth of the Internet and the depletion of available IPv4 addresses, a new version of IP (IPv6), using 128 bits for the IP address, was developed in 1995,^[3] and standardized in December 1998.^[4] In July 2017, a final definition of the protocol was published.^[5] IPv6 deployment has been ongoing since the mid-2000s

IPv6

internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the most recent version of the Internet Protocol (IP), the communications protocol that provides an identification and location system for computers on networks and routes traffic across the Internet. IPv6 was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to deal with the long-anticipated problem of IPv4 address exhaustion. \

WHAT ARE THE CLASSES OF IP ADDRESS

-CLASS A   1 to 126

-CLASS B   128 to 1

-CLASS C   192 to 233

-CLASS D   224 to 239

-CLASS E   240 to 255

*note 127 is the loop back function of the network*

Class D- Is for multicast

Class E - Renewed for future or experimental purposes

CREATING IP ADDRESS

1.Right click My network place

2.Click Properties 

3.Right click Local Area Connection

4.Click TCP/IP

5.Click Properties

                           

                           *obtain an IP address automatically*

                           *Use the following IP address*

7.Click Ok

IP CONFIGURATION

1.Click Start Button

2.Click Run

3.Type cmd

4.Type ipconfig

5.Type ping[IP address]