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How Does Data Know Where To Go ?

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        IP Address Mostly every devices have Internet Protocol (IP) Address an example of IPv4 address is 192.168.1.1 There are actually 4 octats in an IP address, one octats is 8 bits, so an IP address is actually 32 bits. Every IP address is broken down into two parts by subnet mask they are Network ID and Host ID Network ID → 192.168.1 It acts just like our street, city , state name  Host ID → 1 It acts just like our house number Subnet Mask Subnet mask is a group of four numbers that defines a computers network All 255's in a subnet mask collectively refers to the network portion and where as the 0's refers to the host porton

Data Transfer On a LAN

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Serial Data Transfer Data is transferred in a serial format, data can travel in single bit stream in both directions and how it does depends on the type of connection We have a couple of different types of connections like simplex connection, duplex connection, half duplex connections                                                                                                                                                                                                Simplex connecti...

Learn Basics Of Networking

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Network   A network is two or more devices connected each other with a physical medium or by wireless connections, these connections allows those two devices to exchange data. Network enhance many aspects of business such as communications and collaboration sharing informations and resources  Networks are organised based on the geographical location , LAN ( Local Area Network) is group of computers that are featured in a small geographic location such as a building or a small house, they all share a common communication medium like cables or wireless connections and are also connected to a central connecting device like a hub, switch or a router. A local area network is created when the Host devices such as servers laptops, mobiles or  computers are connected with Central connecting devices such as Hub, Switch or Router What are Hosts ? Host can be any device that has an IP address - IP address is used to send and receive data in a network...