What is IP Address in Networking || IP Addressing ||

                                              IP Address 

#Summary - In today's blog we will discuss about what is IP Address and why we need it.

#IP Address - 

*In the network a device needs an IP (Internet Protocol) address to communicate with the other devices.

*IP Address is a unique 32-bit logical address assigned to each device which is connected to a network.

*An IP Address is used to communicate with various networking devices and operates at Network Layer.

*IP Address  is similar to a telephone number which is unique.

*IP Address is a unique number assigned to any device operating on Network Example - Computer, Router, printer, Internet fax and machines.

*An IP Address is used to identify the devices in a network.

*IP Address is a logical address that is changeable.

*IP Address Format -

^Binary Format - 11000000.10101000.00101010.00000001
^Dotted Decimal - 192.168.42.1 (Generally we denote in dotted decimal)

In IP Address each of the 8 bits combination is called Octet.

The range of decimal numbers in each octet varies is from 0 to 255.

 

*If we have two NICs in our Computer so we can assign two ip addresses for both NIC to communicate to the same or two different networks. 

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