Describe the structure of and IP address. How is it different from a MAC address?

Answer 1

An IP address would be something to the effect of 66.160.20.123. It's the Internet address that identifies a user on a network. A MAC address would be structured something like 00:30:0B:AF:23:33 (12 digits), and is the actual physical address of a device. This address identifies the user's hardware on a network.

Answer 2

IP Stands for internet protocol. Your IP is similar to your computer's phone number. When you sent a request, such as going to a website, you send three "packets" of information.
-A header which contains the IP address of the server the information is on
-a block of information, what you are asking for
-a footer, with your IP address
IP addresses help information find the correct server/device.

A MAC address is a "Media Access Control" is a code assigned to networking devices. The address is actually coded into the hardware of the device, and no two devices will ever have the same MAC address (unless changed via soldering).

As for the structure of IP addresses:
The IP consists of two pieces of information: the Network number and the Hose number.
As to which numbers on the IP address are the network or host number has to do with the subnet mask, but I'm not going to go into that here.
64.25.245.221 - a sample IP
64.25.245 would be the Network number
221 would be the Host number
for a residential IP address.
IP addresses are given out by a DHCP server, which you can look up if you wish.
That's all I can think of for IP addresses.

Answer 3

IP address is structured "domain.host", where the domain could also be called "network". The domain describes the logical network and the host identifies the particular device on the logical network. IP address is not specific to hardware or network type/topology. The IP address can be easily changed and is typically set dynamically. The IP address is a "layer 3 address". IP addresses are displayed in decimal format (base 10)

MAC address is the "physical" address of a device. The MAC address is set in the factory by the manufacturer, it's burned into a chip. Some devices (i.e. NIC cards) allow you to administratively set the MAC address, but few network admins will bother. MAC addresses are displayed in hexidecimal (base 16). MAC address is a layer 2 address.

Answer 4

An IP address is like a street address for the the Internet. When you request a Web page, your computer sends an IP address to the server that hosts the Web page, in order that it can answer your request (like a return address). The structure of an IP is the following:

#.#.#.# where # is a a number 0-255. The following IPs are special:

127.0.0.1 is usually your own computer.
198.161.*.* or 10.2.*.* or 255.*.*.* usually refer to other computers in your network.

An MAC address is a unique ID for the hardware you use to connect. It's like the Social Security Number of your wireless card. It does not get transmitted to the Internet, but it does get transmitted to a wireless router when you connect. Its format is 12 hexadecimal digits (0-9 or A-F).

Answer 5

an IP V4 Address is made of of octets 0-255, No letters or exponents. IPV6 addresses start to look very much like a MAC address but as the previous person answered one is for hardware, the other is network

Answer 6

IP address consist of 32bits and is broken down into octets. Each octet holds 8bits (ex.192.168.1.100) IP address and MAC address are unique in networking environment. MAC address which sometimes also referred as physical address consist of 12Hexadecimal characters (ex. 00.12.3E.4F.5A.6B) each device that can be brought to the network has its own unique MAC address. When you ask how are they different, to make it simple MAC address cannot be change as oppose to IP address you can manually change it in your Operating System.

Answer 7

Should be your computer.. Each mac address are unique identifier of specific device. But it can be cloned usually to pass "allow list mac address filtering".. So you may have an intruder in your network.

Answer 8

About half way down the page, look for post 4 of 132.

Answer 9

MAC=Computer number
IP=Internet Provider's internet adress that allows you to access the web.