IP address and Subnet

When devices communicate with each other over a network, they don't somehow find each other. There is a working behind this and that working begins with IP Addresses and Subnetting. What is an IP Address? An IP Address is a unique identifying address or number to each device on a network. We can easily identify a device using IP address of a device. Structure of IP Address: There are two parts in IP: 1.Host Part : identifies the machine we are using. 2.Network Part: identifies the place. EXAMPLE: 192.168.1.10 10 indicates the host(device we are using) 192.168.1 are the network. There are 2 Types of IP: 1.IPV4: Format: 192.168.1.1 32-bit address Mostly IPV4 are used because IPV6 is a failure model. IPV6: Format: 2001:0db8:85a3::8a2e:0370:7334 128-bit address Practically unlimited addresses This is a Failure model. Binary Representation: Each part of an IPv4 address is: 8 bits Range: 0 to 255 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 : this is the order IPV4 works CIDR Notation: 10.1.34.52 /32 or /24 /24 thi