Title: Module 4 Introduction
Course: CNT 2001 Computer Networks & Communications > Section: Module 4 Network Addressing

Introduction

Like houses on a street, all nodes on a network must have addresses to distinguish them from each other. We will examine the logical and physical address that are applied to nodes and we will learn how those addresses are determined and applied. We will examine the existing widespread use of IP version 4 addressing, and the pending use of IP version 6 addressing. We will examine addressing issues such as collisions, broadcasting, multicasting and network address translation.

Learning Objectives:

- Define physical addressing.
- Define logical addressing.
- Discuss IPv4 and its limitations.
- Explain how to convert binary to decimal and decimal to binary.
- Explain what subnetting is and how it works.
- Discuss IPv6 and its advantages.
- Explain what NAT is and how it works.
- Compare public versus private addressing.
- Compare static IP addressing versus dynamic addressing.
- Explain how DHCP works.
- Compare what unicast, broadcast, and multicast are and when they are used.

Readings and Resources

Textbook: Network Addressing (Lesson 4)