Chapter 2, Problem 8SG

Program Plan Intro

IP address:

• IP (Internet Protocol) address is a numeric label assigned to the device for the unique identification in the network that uses the internet protocol for communication.
• IP address is composed of network address and host number.
  • Network address is used to identify the particular network.
  • Host number is used to identify the device in the network.
• IP address is a 32 bit (4 bytes) binary number and each byte is separated by the dots.
• Each byte represents the group of 8 bits and it ranges from 0 to 255.

Format:

a. a. a. a

• “a” is called an octet.
• It must be a decimal value between 0 and 255.
• The octets are divided by periods. It consists of three periods and four octets.

Example:

  1.150.10.230