Ch. 7 IP Adressing Flashcards
What is the valid range used for a Class C private IP address?
The class C private range is 192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.255.
Name some of the benefits of IPv6 over IPv4.
IPv6 has the following characteristics, among others, that make it preferable
to IPv4: more available addresses, simpler header, options for authentication,
and other security.
What is the term for the autoconfiguration technology responsible for addresses that start
with 169.254?
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) is the technology that results in hosts
automatically configuring themselves with addresses that begin with 169.254.
What defines a unicast address?
An IP address assigned to an interface
What defines a multicast address?
One-to-many address
What is the name for a 48-bit (6-byte) numerical address physically assigned to a network
interface, such as a NIC?
A MAC address, sometimes called a hardware address or even a burned-in address
What gives IPv6 the ability to reference more addresses than IPv4?
The fact that it has 128-bit (16-octet) addresses, compared to IPv4’s 32-bit (4-octet)
addresses
. What is the private address range for Class B networks?
172.16.0.0 through 172.31.255.255
What is the Class C range of values for the first octet in decimal and in binary?
192–223, 110xxxxx
What is the 127.0.0.1 address used for?
Loopback or diagnostics
Which type of packet is addressed and delivered to only a single interface?
Unicast
Which type of address is used just like a regular public routable address in IPv4?
Global unicast
Which type of address is not meant to be routed?
Link-local
Which type of address is not meant to be routed to the Internet but is still globally unique?
Unique local (used to be called site-local)
Which type of address is meant to be delivered to multiple interfaces?
Multicast
Which type of address identifies multiple interfaces, but packets are delivered only to the
first address it finds?
Anycast
Which addressing type is also referred to as one-to-nearest?
Anycast
IPv4 had a loopback address of 127.0.0.1. What is the IPv6 loopback address?
::1