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Understanding IP Addressing B-173

This appendix is a brief general introduction to IP addressing. A basic understanding of IP will help you in

conﬁguring the Netopia R910 and using some of its powerful features, such as static routes and packet

ﬁltering.

In packets, a header is part of the envelope information that surrounds the actual data being transmitted. In

e-mail, a header is usually the address and routing information found at the top of messages.

This section covers the following topics:

■ “What is IP?” on page B-173

■ “About IP addressing” on page B-173

■ “Distributing IP addresses” on page B-177

■ “Nested IP subnets” on page B-182

■ “Broadcasts” on page B-185

What is IP?

All networks use protocols to establish common standards for communication. One widely used network

protocol is the Internet Protocol, also known as IP. Like many other protocols, IP uses packets, or formatted

chunks of data, to communicate.

Note: This guide uses the term “IP” in a ver y general and inclusive way to identify all of the following:

■ Networks that use the Internet Protocol, along with accompanying protocols such as TCP, UDP, and

ICMP

■ Packets that include an IP header within their structure

■ Devices that send IP packets

About IP addressing

Every networking protocol uses some form of addressing in order to ensure that packets are delivered correctly.

In IP, individual network devices that are initial sources and ﬁnal destinations of packets are usually called

hosts instead of nodes, but the two terms are interchangeable. Each host on an IP network must have a unique

IP address. An IP address, also called an Internet address, is a 32-bit number usually expressed as four

decimal numbers separated by periods. Each decimal number in an IP address represents a 1-byte (8-bit) binary

number. Thus, values for each of the four numbers range from 00000000 to 11111111 in binar y notation, or

from 0 to 255 in decimal notation. The expression 192.168.1.1 is a typical example of an IP address.

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