An IP address serves two principal functions: it identifies the host, or more specifically its network interface, and it provides the location of the host in the network, and thus the capability of establishing a path … See more

An IPv4 address has a size of 32 bits, which limits the address space to 4294967296 (2 ) addresses. Of this number, some … See more

IP addresses are assigned to a host either dynamically as they join the network, or persistently by configuration of the host hardware or software. Persistent configuration is also … See more

Two versions of the Internet Protocol are in common use on the Internet today. The original version of the Internet Protocol that was first … See more

IP networks may be divided into subnetworks in both IPv4 and IPv6. For this purpose, an IP address is recognized as consisting of two … See more

In IPv6, the address size was increased from 32 bits in IPv4 to 128 bits, thus providing up to 2 (approximately 3.403×10 ) addresses. This is … See more

IP addresses are classified into several classes of operational characteristics: unicast, multicast, anycast and broadcast addressing.
Unicast addressing
The most common concept of an IP address is in See more