IP address

IP Address: it is addressing give for network devices address in a network, use for the communication Between the network devices. There are Two Versions of Addressing: IP version 4 ------- 32 bit addressing IP version 6 ------- 128 bit addressing IP address versions 4:-Range of ip address version 4:0.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255 - IP address v4 divided into 5 classes called as IP address classes IP Address Classes CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C CLASS D CLASS E LAN & WAN Multicasting Research & Development

- how can identify range of each class Address Classes? By use Priority Bit Concept to identify the range of each class a bit called priority bit is used. Priority Bit is the left bits in the First Octet (first part) : - CLASS A priority bit is 0 - CLASS B priority bit is 10 - CLASS C priority bit is 110 - CLASS D priority bit is 1110 - CLASS E priority bit is 1111 Class Ranges CLASS A Range 0.0.0.0 - 127.255.255.255 CLASS B Range 128.0.0.0 - 191.255.255.255 CLASS C Range 192.0.0.0 - 223.255.255.255 CLASS D Range 224.0.0.0 - 239.255.255.255 CLASS E Range 240.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255

Network ID and host ID Format: IP address is divided into Network & Host Portion CLASS A is written as N.H.H.H CLASS B is written as N.N.H.H CLASS C is written as N.N.N.H Subnet mask CLASS A is written as 255.0.0.0 CLASS B is written as 255.255.0.0 CLASS C is written as 255.255.255.0 How can assigning IP Address : -Right click on my network place select properties

-Right click local area connection select properties

-select Internet protocol (TCP/IP) click properties

-select use the following IP address - in IP enter your IP eg : 192.168.0.4 - click subnet mask it will come as 255.255.255.0 -click ok

- click ok 1-start 2- run type cmd 3- type ipconfig press inter it show :