IP Address Rules

IP Address Rules

1. IPv6: Next generation of IP addressing

   • Needed because IPv4 addresses exhausted
     • Expressed in binary and dotted decimal forms
     • 32 bits
   • 128-bit long addresses: 2128
   • Migration to IPv6 has taken over decade and still in process.

2. IP defines many functions that work together with one ultimate goal: To send data from one host to another host through any TCP/IP network.

3. Creating end-to-end physical paths through TCP/IP network by interconnecting physical networks

4. Identifying individual hosts and groups of hosts using IP addressing

5. Separate 32 bits into 4 groups of 8 bits each