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TCP and IP. TCP. A network term. It stands for Transmission Control Protocol. It is important because it is one half of the network protocol used to control data on the Internet. The other half is IP. The complete network protocol is called TCP/IP
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TCP • A network term. It stands for Transmission Control Protocol. • It is important because it is one half of the network protocol used to control data on the Internet. The other half is IP. • The complete network protocol is called TCP/IP • TCP is responsible for checking that data has been delivered correctly from your computer (the client) to another computer (the server). If data is lost, then TCP requests that the data is re-sent.
IP • Unique address given to every device running on a network • i.e. 198.162.001.002 • Static IP address • Dynamic IP address assigned by DHCP server
IPV4 Verus IPV6 • What is the difference? • IPV4 is running out of numbers • IPV6 is running in parallel