Introduction to Networking | Network Basics for Beginners – IP addresses
IP addresses (IPv4 – IPv6):
Logically addresses, meaning that they can change.
Can point to one computer one day and another the next.
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Public vs private IP
IPv4:
32 bit addresses
Computers only understand binary
A IPV4 address is divided into 4 sets of 8 binarys.
IPv4 problems:
Only 4 billion addresses.
The world have too many connected devices.
IPv6 – The solution:
128 Bits
Hexadecimal format
Each character is 4 Binarys
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