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Internet
The Internet is a wide-area network (WAN) linking several million users around the
world. A number of
known collectively as
tified by an IP address. Servers are addressed by
Domain names are assigned to IP addresses by the Domain Name Service (DNS).
These are some of the main Internet services:
u
Electronic mail (e-mail)
u
The World Wide Web (WWW)
u
File transfer (FTP)
u
Discussion forums (Usenet / Newsgroups)
Internet service provider
An Internet service provider offers access to the
Internet telephony
Transmission of voice via the
IP
Internet protocol
The IP Protocol is one of the
network using IP addresses
the paths along which the data packets travel from the sender to the recipient in a com-
plex network (routing).
IP address
The IP address is the unique network-wide address of a network component in a net-
work based on the TCP/IP
net). The IP address has four parts (each with up to three-position digit sequences) sep-
arated by full stops (e.g. 10.0.0.2). The IP address comprises the network number and
the computer number. Depending on the
network number; the remainder form the computer number. You can find out the IP
address of your PC using the ipconfig command.
IP addresses can be assigned manually (see
Dynamic IP address).
On the Internet Domain names
is used to assign domain names to IP addresses.
The Giga762SX WLAN dsl has a
address.
IPoA
IP over ATM
Protocols have been created for exchanging data, and these are
TCP/IP protocol stack. All participants on the Internet can be iden-
Internet (Voice over IP).
TCP/IP protocols. It is responsible for addressing parties in a
and routes data from the sender to the recipient. It decides
protocols (e.g. in a local area network (LAN) or on the
are normally used instead of the IP addresses. The
Private IP address
Domain names
Internet for a fee.
Subnet mask, one, two or three parts form the
Static IP address) or automatically (see
and a Public IP
Glossary
(e.g. siemens.com).
Inter-
DNS
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