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IP and MAC Addresses - Coggle Diagram
IP and MAC Addresses
IP
If the LAN is connected to a WA such as the Internet, then we need a different adressing method
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On a WAN, we refer to frames as packets
A unique number which is used to address / identify a host computer or node which comunictaes over IP on the Internet
IPv4
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This gives us a range of around 4 billion possible address ranging from 000.000.000.000 to 255.255.255.255
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IPv6
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340 trillion, trillion, trillion combinations approx.
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