N+ IP Addresses

Question 1

What are the Specialized IPs?

Answer 1

Loopback address - 127.x.x.x

Automatic Private IP Add(APIPA)
169.254.x.x - Used when device does not have a static IP address and cannot reach a DHCP server

Question 2

What are private IPs?

Answer 2

▪ Private IP’s can be used by anyone

▪ Not routable outside your local area network

Question 3

What are Routable IPs?

Answer 3

▪ Publicly routable IP addresses are globally managed by (ICANN) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

o ARIN, LACNIC, AFNIC, APNIC, and RIPE NCC

Question 4

What is Unicast, Multicast and Broadcast?

Answer 4

Unicast

Data travels from a single source device to a single destination device

Multicast

Data travels from a single source device to multiple (but specific) destination devices

Broadcast

Data travels from a single source device to all devices on a destination network

Question 5

DHCP can provide clients with?

Answer 5

IP Add
Subnet mask
Default gateway
DNS server

Question 6

Difference between Static and Dynamic IP addressing?

Answer 6

Static - Simple but time consuming have to be entered manually by human

Dynamic - Quicker and simplistic for large networks.