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format used to route the information. Your Internet
service provider controls the IP address of an
y
device it
connects to the Internet. The IP addresses in
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our
network must conform to IP addressin
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rules. In
smaller LANs, most people will allow the DHCP
function of a router or
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atewa
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to assi
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n the IP
addresses on internal networks.
IP address IP address is a 32-
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it number that identifies
each sender or receiver of information that is sent in
packets across the Internet. For example 80.80.80.69 is
an IP address, it is the closet thin
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the Internet has to
telephone numbers. When
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ou “call” that number,
usin
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an
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connection methods,
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ou
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et connected to
the computer that “owns” that IP address.
ISP Internet Service Provider, is a company that maintains
a network that is linked to the Internet b
y
wa
y
of a
dedicated communication line. An ISP offers the use
of its dedicated communication lines to companies or
individuals who can’t afford the hi
g
h monthl
y
cost for
a direct connection.
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rams that can be safel
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our computer throu
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plets and
applications for the Internet, Intranet and other
complex, distributed network.