#Internet Protocols Adress (IP)

Computers Containing IP address 

Internet Protocol Adresse's are used for assigning numeric identity to your computers which are connected within a Network. every device has an address which are connected within a network.

There are two types of IP addresses

• IP Version-4
• IP Version-6

IP Version-4

in this Version addresses are 32 bits(4 Bytes). these are classful . it will be written in decimal number and used seperator(.). 

Example

124.0.0.1

IP Version-6

in this Version addresses are 128 bits (16 Bytes).these are classless and it will be written in hexadecimal and used separater(:).

Example

1200:2xd5:73q6:0000.0000.2352:2934

                                     IP Version-4 classes

Class                Decimal Range            No of IP

A                   1 to 126                            1,67,77,216

B                    128 to 191                            65,536

C                    192 to 223                         256

D                     224 to 240                     For Multicasting

E                     240 to 254              Research and Development

IP addresses are also has types

• Public IP
• Private IP

Public IP

 It is used WAN and it is Unique and Paid and provide by ISP(Internet Service Provider).

Private IP

It is used LAN and it is totally free of cost it is used everywhere and it used internal Router.

Private IP Addresses

Class     Private Network         Address Range

A               10.0.0.0                      10.0.0.0-to

                                                  10.255.255.255

B            172.16.0.0                  172.16.0.0  to

               to 172.31.0.0            172.31.255.2          

                                                                                    

C             192.168.0.0            192.168.0.0

                                             192.168.255.255                                                                                                                

Note -

127.0.0.1 is used as Loopback test(NIC Test)

Checking NIC

Checking NIC,