WHAT IS A NETWORK ADDRESS?

NETWORK ADDRESS

- is any logical or physical address that uniquely distinguishes a network node or device over a computer or telecommunications network. It is a numeric/symbolic number or address that is assigned to any device that seeks access to or is part of a network.

Internet Protocol Versions:

1. IP version 4/ IPV4

-is the fourth version of the Internet Protocol (IP). It is one of the core protocols of standards-based internetworking methods in the Internet, and was the first version deployed for production in the ARPANET in 1983. It is the standard version.

2. IP 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. IPv6 is intended to replace IPv4. It is the advanced version.

CLASSES OF IP ADDRESS

NOTE: 127- it is a loop back function of a network

CLASS D - is for MULTICAST

CLASS E - reserved for future or experiment purpose.

100.168.2.1 - EXAMPLE OF CLASS A IP ADDRESS

190.3.0.1 - EXAMPLE OF CLASS B IP ADDRESS

192. 168.1.1 or 192.168.2.1 - EXAMPLE OF CLASS C IP ADDRESS

                                                     - typical home networks use IP ADDRESS  that start with 192.168 IP ADDRESS 

BINARY

STEPS:

CREATING IP ADDRESS

1. RIGHT CLICK "MY NETWORK PLACES"
2. CLICK "PROPERTIES"
3. RIGHT CLICK "LOCAL AREA NETWORK"
4. CLICK "PROPERTIES"
5. CLICK "TCP/IP"
6. CLICK "PROPERTIES"

• OBTAIN AN IP ADDRESS AUTOMATICALLY
• USE  THE FOLLOWING IP ADDRESS

                    IP ADDRESS           ___________________

                    SUBNET MASK     ___________________

7. CLICK  "OK" 

IP CONFIGURATION

1. CLICK "START BUTTON"

2. CLICK "RUN"

3. TYPE "CMD"

4. TYPE "ipconfig"

5. TYPE "ping ⦗IP ADDRESS⦘"

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