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EACH MACHINE ON THE INTERNET HAS AN ADDRESS COMPOSED OF 32 BINARY DIGITS

  • IP ADDRESSES ARE REPRESENTED BY A LIST OF 4 DECIMAL VALUES CORRESPONDING TO 8 BINARY DIGIT SUBFIELDS.

    137.165.77.66

  • EACH ADDRESS CONSISTS OF A PREFIX IDENTIFYING A NETWORK AND A SUFFIX IDENTIFYING A MACHINE WITHIN THAT NETWORK
    137.165.??.?? ===WILLIAMS
    137.165.77.66 ===THIS POWERBOOK

    (LONG AGO WILLIAMS WAS 192.31.45)



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  • THE Internet Protocol
  • IP - THE Internet Protocol
  • IP ADDRESSES
  • IP ADDRESSES (cont.)
  • IP ROUTING
  • Adaptive Routing