TCP/IP addressing
Protocol
Set of rules to follow to have proper communication.
Network protocols
- TCP/IP (Department of defence)
- IPx/SPx (Novell)
- Appletalk(Apple)
- Netbios (Microsoft)
- OSI (ISO)
What is TCP/IP?
- TCP/IP is a standard protocol used between computers and network devices for communication.
- Internet work based on TCP/IP.
- IP address is logical address given to each and every device in the network.
- IP address used to identify specific device in the network.
- IP version 4 (32 bit)
- IP version 6 (128 bit)
IPv4 |
IP address classifiaction
Types of communication
In an IPv4 network, the hosts can communicate one of the three different ways.
- Unicast
- Broadcast
- Multicast
The process of sending a packet from one host to all hosts in the network.
2. Broadcast
The process of sending a packet from one host to all hosts in the network.
3. Multicast
- The process of sending a packet from one host to a selected group of hosts, possibly in different networks.
- Class D 224-239 Reserved for multicasting
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