Chapter 7. IP Addressing

THE FOLLOWING COMPTIA NETWORK+ EXAM OBJECTIVES ARE COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:

  • 1.3 Identify the following address formats

    • IPv6

    • IPv4

  • 1.4 Given a scenario, evaluate the proper use of the following addressing technologies and addressing schemes

    • Addressing Technologies

      • Public vs. private

      • DHCP (static, dynamic APIPA)

    • Addressing schemes

      • Unicast

      • Multicast

      • Broadcast

One of the most important topics in any discussion of TCP/IP is IP addressing. An IP address is a numeric identifier assigned to each machine on an IP network. It designates the specific location of a device on the network.

An IP address is a software address, not a hardware address—the ...

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