Addresses in TCP/IP

Types of Addresses TCP/IP Suite

⤹ There are Four types of Addresses

1 Physical Address

2 Logical Address

3 Port Address

4 Specific Address

1 Physical Address : - The physical address in a network model, also known as the link address, is the address of a node as defined by its LAN or WAN. It is included in the frame used by the data link layer. It is the lowest-level address.

2 Logical Address : - Logical Network is a way of representing networks in your data center that have the same connectivity properties (DMZ, public network, Intranet , management).

3 Port Address : -  A port number is a way to identify a specific process to which an Internet or other network message is to be forwarded when it arrives at a server. Transmission Control Protocol and the User Datagram Protocol, a port number is a 16-bit integer that is put in the header appended to a message unit.

4 Specific Address : - This address is define of the specific address of network models.