IP ADDRESS

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Objectives

Upon completion of this lesson, you should be

able to perform the following tasks: 
• State the purpose of the TCP/IP address.
• Describe how an IP address is expressed.
• State the differences between IP Address
classes.
• State the difference between "Host Address"
and "Wire Address".
• Describe how the available number of host
addresses are determined for a given IP
address.

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What is IP address?

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Binary Format of IP address

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Classes of IP Address

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Class A

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Class B

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Class C

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Class D

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Addressing

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Addressing (cont)

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Addressing (cont)

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Summary

• This lesson described IP addresses, classes, and how to

determine the number of usable host addresses for an IP
address. 
• In a TCP/IP environment, end stations communicate seamlessly
with servers or other end stations through a unique 32-bit
logical IP address that includes both the source and
destination address.
• The address format is known as dotted-decimal notation. An
example address is: 172.16.122.204. The minimum value is
0.0.0.0 and the maximum value is 255.255.255.255.
• Address classes allow addresses to be assigned as groups
based on the size of the network. There are 5 classes: A, B, C,
D, E.
• Every device and interface has its own non-zero host number.
A host number with a value of zero refers to "this network" or
"this wire".
• The total number of available hosts on a network can be
derived by using the following formula: 2n-2, where n is the
number of bits in the host portion.
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