Addressing

In TCP/IP three different levels of addresses r used:

 1.Phisical Address
 2.Logical Address
 3.Port Address
Physical Address(Hardware Address or
Link Address)

 Physical address is a part of data linker layer.

 Physical addresses are used to identify the specific host that data is being
transmitted to.
 The important thing about physical addresses is that they have a local
significance only. This means that the physical address can only be used to
communicate between hosts that shared a common subnet or network.
 The use of physical addresses allows for network communications between
two hosts on the same subnet regardless of logical address and is a key
element to how routing works.
Logical Address(IP Address)

 Logical address is a part of network layer.

 Network addresses usually exist within a hierarchical address space and
sometimes are called virtual or logical addresses.
 Logical addresses are the counterpart to physical addresses and allow for
the identification of hosts and the delivery of data to hosts regardless of
physical location or proximity to each other.
 Consequently, logical addresses must have a true global significance,and
must be unique within all interconnected network segments. TCP/IP uses IP
addresses as the logical addressing method.
Port Address

 Port address is a part of transport layer.

 In the internet protocol suite, a port is an endpoint of communication in
an operating system.
 While the term is also used for hardware devices, in software it is a logical
construct that identifies a specific process or a type of network service.
 A port is always associated with an IP address of a host and the protocol type of
the communication, and thus completes the destination or origination address of a
communication session.
 A port is identified for each address and protocol by a 16-bit number, commonly
known as the port number.