SLR1.3 IP and MAC addressing

Question 1

MAC address

Answer 1

A unique address made up of the manufacturers ID and the individual ID card

used to route frames on a LAN

Question 2

IP address

Answer 2

A unique address which is assigned to a device by the server
there are 2 versions of IP addresses, IPv4 and IPv6
IP addresses send data through packets

Question 3

IPv4 address

Answer 3

32 bits in size
written as 4 numbers separated by periods(.)
each number in the range 0-255

Question 4

why was IPv4 replaced with IPv6

Answer 4

unique static addresses were running out

Question 5

IPv6 address

Answer 5

128 bits in size
written as eight group separated by colons (:)
made up of hex values representing 16 bits