Internet addressing basics

What is IP Address?

Internet Protocol Address (or IP Address) is an unique address that computing devices use to […]

In order to maintain uniqueness within global namespace, the IP addresses are publicly registered with […]

The loopback IP address is the address used to access itself. The IPv4 designated 127.0.0.1 […]

An IP address has two components, the network address and the host address. A subnet […]

Here is another scenario where subnetting is needed. Pretend that a web host with a […]

MAC, Media Access Control, address is a globally unique identifier assigned to network devices, and […]

TCP/IP, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, is a suite of communications protocols used to interconnect network […]

DHCP stands for (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). DHCP, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, is a […]

Ipconfig is a MS-DOS command-line tool used to display and manage the network settings of […]

Proxy server is a computer that sits between a client computer and a real server, […]

DoS attack, denial-of-service attack, is an explicit attempt to make a computer resource unavailable by […]

Virtual Local Area Network, Virtual LAN or VLAN are network of computers that behave as […]

Time-to-live (TTL) is a value in an Internet Protocol (IP) packet that tells a network […]