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1.4 Review Notes Part 1

What is the purpose of link-local addresses in IPv4?

  • The purpose of this is for automatic assigning for an IP address, for instances when a device cannot obtain an IP address from a DHCP server. They enable local communication on the network segment

What is the purpose of PAT?

  • It maps multiple internal IP addresses to a single external IP address using different port numbers to differentiate the sessions

Broadcast is one-to?

  • all within a network segment

Anycast is one to?

  • nearest among multiple potential receivers sharing the same address

1.4 Review Notes Part 2

1.4 Review Notes Part 1

What is the purpose of link-local addresses in IPv4?

  • The purpose of this is for automatic assigning for an IP address, for instances when a device cannot obtain an IP address from a DHCP server. They enable local communication on the network segment

What is the purpose of PAT?

  • It maps multiple internal IP addresses to a single external IP address using different port numbers to differentiate the sessions

Broadcast is one-to?

  • all within a network segment

Anycast is one to?

  • nearest among multiple potential receivers sharing the same address

1.4 Review Notes Part 2