Facts About IP Address

By JUM & ESR from Chapin & MACH from Lab

  1. IP Address is short for Internet Protocol address.

    JUM got this information at http://www.answers.com/IP%20address

  2. The address of a device attached to an IP network (TCP/IP network).

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  3. Every client, server and network device must have a unique IP address for each network connection (network interface).

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  4. Every IP packet contains a source IP address and a destination IP address.

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  5. IP address of a network device is never the same to another network device unless they are sharing the same network. Without an IP address your Internet will not work because the server cannot not locate you.

    MACH got this information at http://www.lawrencegoetz.com/programs/ipinfo/

  6. Hackers use IP address to locate your computer and the second is that whenever you switch your IP address it is left behind and still in use.

    MACH got this information at http://www.arin.net/whois/

  7. Within an isolated network, you can assign IP addresses at random as long as each one is unique. However, connecting a private network to the Internet requires using registered IP addresses (called Internet addresses) to avoid duplicates.

    ESR got this information at http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/IP_address.html

  8. When you connect to the internet you are assigned an IP address. This address identifies your computer from the other computers on the internet. Your IP address can be either static, meaning it never changes, or dynamic, meaning each time you dial-in or login you are assigned a new address for that session.

    JUM got this information at http://www.lawrencegoetz.com/programs/ipinfo/

  9. The four numbers in an IP address are called octets, because they each have eight positions when viewed in binary form.

    ESR got this information at http://www.howstuffworks.com/question549.htm

  10. To make it easier for us humans to remember, IP addresses are normally expressed in decimal format as a "dotted decimal number".

    ESR got this information at http://www.howstuffworks.com/question549.htm

    Our quiz about IP address (by JUM, ESR and MACH)

    Question 1: What does an IP address do for you?
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    Question 2: Why do we need one?
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    Question 3: What is an IP address?
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    Answer to question 1: A IP address is your address in the Internet without it you cannot use the Internet.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Answer to question 2: Without an IP address you cannot access the Internet on your network.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Answer to question 3: An IP address is an address to locate your network.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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