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Dan Hibiki · 01-16-2002, 06:58 AM

If you mean an IP address, then I can help you. An IP address is a logical (data) address that computers are assigned to use things like networks and the internet. Comparing an IP address to a MAC address (permanent and put onto a networking card), an IP address uses dotted-decimal numbers (e.g. 192.5.5.1), while a MAC address uses huge messy dotted hexadecimal numbers.

All websites have an IP address, as well (usually) as a domain name that is kept in a DNS (Domain Name Service) server. When you click on a link on the internet, look down at the bottom of the window and you'll see an IP address that it is trying to contact.

Simply put, if you didn't have an IP address, you couldn't send and receive information across networks and the internet very easily (there is always RARP (a method where a computer obtaining its own IP address by knowing its MAC address), but that is another networking lesson).

Please come again to Dan Hibiki's networking class.

01-16-2002, 06:58 AM	#7
Dan Hibiki Senior Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: City. House. Warm house. Posts: 1,510 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): Thanks (Received): Likes (Given): Likes (Received): Dislikes (Given): Dislikes (Received): Points: 0 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)	If you mean an IP address, then I can help you. An IP address is a logical (data) address that computers are assigned to use things like networks and the internet. Comparing an IP address to a MAC address (permanent and put onto a networking card), an IP address uses dotted-decimal numbers (e.g. 192.5.5.1), while a MAC address uses huge messy dotted hexadecimal numbers. All websites have an IP address, as well (usually) as a domain name that is kept in a DNS (Domain Name Service) server. When you click on a link on the internet, look down at the bottom of the window and you'll see an IP address that it is trying to contact. Simply put, if you didn't have an IP address, you couldn't send and receive information across networks and the internet very easily (there is always RARP (a method where a computer obtaining its own IP address by knowing its MAC address), but that is another networking lesson). Please come again to Dan Hibiki's networking class. __________________ With great power comes great responsibility. Details, details... I'll show you power! I'll make you cry like when my goldfish died!!!