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Published : August 18, 2007 |
Author : stevenjr
Category : VOIP | Total Views
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IP stands for "internet protocol" and references
a data protocol that is used for communication across a network. A
protocol, then, is a standard that governs the connection of that
contact between two points on a network. Protocol also references a set
of guidelines or rules that govern the aspects of the communication
across the network.
IP, then, is what is known as a network layer protocol and is housed
and governed in a data linkage known as Ethernet. Ethernet refers to
what are essentially a family of computer properties and technologies
used across local area networks or LANs. Ethernet tends to provide
unique global internet protocol addresses or IP addresses to users on
the networks. IP is basically the tools of communication and the
identity of a particular computer or network's "global address." IP is
entirely concerned with where the data ends up whereas Ethernet
references and is concerned with the actual next device in the next
chain of communication. To use the aforementioned example regarding a
child's telephone, the Ethernet would be concerned with the two cans
more than it would be with the string.
The first version of IP to be used worldwide and widely deployed was
IPv4. IPv4, as the name would suggest, was the fourth edition of
internet protocol and is used on the internet along with IPv6. IPv6 and
Ipv4 are actually the only forms of internet protocol to be utilized on
the World Wide Web. IPv4 is what is known as a "best effort delivery"
protocol; there are not many service guarantees within IPv4 or any
other IP for that matter. In fact, best effort delivery contains a
number of notions that do not guarantee a level of quality for service
customers or a level of reliability in terms of connectivity to any
network. The best comparison to this philosophy would be the post
office. While no resources are left unused in the operation of
delivering mail, there is no actualized guarantee as to when you mail
will arrive.
Along with a lack of data guarantee, IP may also deliver some data
corruption, some lack of connectivity to the network, some double
arrival in connectivity pings to the network, and even some loss of
connection packets. For businesses using voice over ip phone connection
or voip systems, this can cause a problem. The only thing IP actually
can guarantee to its users is that the address will be correct in terms
of connectivity. So the connection may be duplicated or may not arrive
at any particular time and the data may be corrupted, but at least the
connection knows the address and can deliver it to the address if the
factors arrive as predicted. That sounds more and more like the postal
service, doesn't it?
IP, while seemingly complex, simply provides a set of rules and
regulations in the world of technology that enables data the ability to
transmit across a given network, going as far as to include voice over
ip services. This happens because the computers in the network have IP
addresses and can function within the network's regulations. IP governs
these addresses and the involvement of the address with the
regulations, transferring data around the network.
By: Deanna Mascle
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