Types of addresses in

an IPv4 network

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 Unicast, multicast, broadcast - types of
communication
difference between limited B.C
& directed B.C?

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 Reserved IPv4 address ranges
 Identify the address ranges reserved for these special
purposes in the IPv4 protocol

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 multicast address range

 multicast address range is subdivided into different types of

addresses:
 reserved link local addresses(224.0.0.0 to 224.0.0.255 )
 globally scoped addresses. (224.0.1.0 to 238.255.255.255)
 administratively scoped addresses (239.0.0.0/8)
(limited scope addresses.)

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 Private Addresses

The private address blocks are:

 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255 (10.0.0.0 /8)
 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255 (172.16.0.0 /12)
 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255 (192.168.0.0 /16)
With services to translate private addresses to public
addresses, hosts on a privately addressed network can
have access to resources across the Internet.
Public Addresses
These addresses are designed to be used in the
hosts that are publicly accessible from the Internet.

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 Public and private address

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 Special IPv4 addresses
 Describe the purpose of several special addresses

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 Special IPv4 addresses

 Network and Broadcast Addresses

 Default Route
 Loopback
 Link-Local Addresses
These addresses can be automatically assigned to the local host by
the operating system in environments where no IP configuration is
available

 TEST-NET Addresses
Unlike the experimental addresses, network devices will accept
these addresses in their configurations.

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 Planning to address the network
 Explain the importance of using a structured process to
assign IP addresses to hosts and the implications for
choosing private vs. public addresses

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 Static or dynamic addressing for end user
devices
 Explain how end user devices can obtain addresses
either statically through an administrator or dynamically
through DHCP

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 Who assigns the different addresses

 Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)

 Registration companies are called Regional Internet
Registries (RIRs)

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 ISP’s
 Identify different types of ISPs and their roles in
providing Internet connectivity

•The primary advantages

for customers of Tier 1
ISPs are reliability and
speed.
• Tier 2 ISPs generally focus on
business customers.

• Tier 3 ISPs is the retail and

home markets in a specific
locale.

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 ISP’s

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 Overview of IPv6
 Identify several changes made to the IP protocol in IPv6
and describe the motivation for migrating from IPv4 to
IPv6.

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E- Simpler header
IP v.6 packet is simpler than IP v.4. (no fragmentation field).

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 Ipv6 features

 Large address space

 No need for NAT/PAT
 IPsec.
 Transition tools
 Header improvements

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ANDING Process.

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 Determine the network portion of the host
address and the role of the subnet mask
 The prefix and the subnet mask are different ways of
representing the same thing - the network portion of an
address.

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 ANDing- What is in our network?
 Use the subnet mask and ANDing process to extract
the network address from the IP address.

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 Determine the network portion of the host
address and the role of the subnet mask
 Routers use ANDing to determine an acceptable route
for an incoming packet.

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 Determine the network portion of the host
address and the role of the subnet mask
 An originating host must determine if a packet should
be sent directly to a host in the local network or be
directed to the gateway.

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 Summary

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