Thursday, March 1, 2007

Property of TCP/ IP

*IP Address- IP address (Internet Protocol address) is a unique address that certain electronic devices use in order to identify and communicate with each other on a computer network utilizing the Internet Protocol standard (IP)—in simpler terms, a computer address.

*Subnet mask- is a range of logical addresses within the address space that is assigned to an organization.

*Default gateway- is a node (a router) on a computer network that serves as an access point to another network.

*Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)- is the method for finding a host's hardware address when only its network layer address is known.

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