Learning About IP

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  What is an IP Address Answer below/

  A: Every computer that communicates over the Internet is assigned an IP address that uniquely identifies the device and distinguishes it from other computers on the Internet. An IP address consists of four parts.

  For example :

  if you ip address is 190.56.5.190

  Think of your IP address as what your phone number is to you.

  Every device on a TCP/IP network has an address.Read More More Features of IP Address Information

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  Private Addresses Read below..

  Used to give addresses to networks not connected directly to the Internet, some private address blocks have been reserved. Those addresses can be used by anyone on Internal networks (Company Network) but can not be routed to the global Internet because that network has public addresses. To protect both network is used a router or a firewall to separate those networks (private and public both viceversa)

  The private IP address blocks are:

  192.168.0.0 - 256 classes C or 65,536 addresses

  172.16.0.0 - 256 classes B or 4,194,304 addresses

  10.0.0.0 - A class A or 2,097,152 addresses

  To connect a network with internal IPs to the global Internet there are several technologies that can be used. These include proxies or NATs logical configured in a router, firewall or dedicated server with more than one network interface(NIC)Read More