Internet Protocols
Internet-layer protocols handle addressing in a TCP/IP network. They help devices determine whether an intended recipient is local or remote.
Internet Protocol
The Internet Protocol (IP) is responsible for the addressing and routing of data to the remote system. Addressing means that IP is responsible for some sort of addressing scheme used to identify each system on the network (or Internet) and for determining how to use that address to route the data to the destination. The addressing scheme that IP uses is known as an IP address. The IP address is a unique number assigned to your system that looks something like this: 192.168.1.10.
The full IP packet has 14 different fields. As you would expect, the destination and ...
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