A 2.3.1 IP Addressing
Every device on a network needs an address so that data can reach it. An IP address is that identifier, and the way it is written, who assigns it and whether it stays the same all differ from one type to the next. This page describes the four distinctions the syllabus names: IPv4 and IPv6, public and private, static and dynamic, and the role of network address translation. Each one answers a different question about...