MAC/IP

Media Access Control/Internet Protocol

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

AKA Internet Protocol Suite

Describes how data is sent across the internet

TCP/IP

Application Layer

data sent by applications to

other applications (e.g. HTTP

in browsers)

Transport Layer

process to process

communication.

Internet Layer

Transmitting data across

network boundaries

Link Layer

Transmission over physical

media (Ethernet/LAN)

IP

Internet Protocol

Contained within the Internet Layer

Large set of rules governing communication across

network boundaries

Two versions currently in use.

IPv4/IPv6

IPv4

IPv6

IPv4 Addressing

32 bit = 4 bytes

Each byte separated

by a dot

255 10168 5

IPv6 Addressing

Much longer address –

uses hex.

Colon(:) separated

Each section is 2 bytes

or 16 bits

2001 0d18 85a1 0000

0000 8ae2 0318 6831

MAC

Media Access Control

Link layer protocol

Controls access to physical media such as network cards

MAC Addressing

Unique

48 bit binary address

Expressed in hex in 6

bytes

Separated by

dashes(-) or

colons(:)

0A 14 FF

32 11 23

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