The Internet Protocol is the protocol that defines and enables internetworking at the … See more

IPv4 uses 32-bit addresses which limits the address space to 4294967296 (232) addresses. IPv4 reserves special address blocks for private networks (~18 million addresses… See more

In the 1980s, it became apparent that the pool of available IPv4 addresses was depleting at a rate that was not initially anticipated in the original design of the network. T… See more

An IP packet consists of a header section and a data section. An IP packet has no data checksum or any other footer after the data section.Typically the link layer encapsulat… See more

The Internet Protocol enables traffic between networks. The design accommodates networks of diverse physical nature; it is independent of the underlying t… See more

IP addresses are not tied in any permanent manner to networking hardware and, indeed, in modern operating systems, a network interface can have multiple IP addresses. … See more