The Internet Protocol (IP) (German: Internet minutes) are network minutes wide-spread in computer nets. It is (and/or) an implementation of the Internet layer of the TCP/IP model and/or the switching layer (network Layer) of the OSI model.

IP forms the first layer of the Internet minutes family independent of the transmitting medium. That means that by means of IP address and Subnetzmaske (subnet mask) computers can be grouped within a network into logical units, Subnetze so mentioned. On this basis it is possible to address and for connections to them develop computers in larger networks, there logical addressing the basis for Routing (choice of route and forwarding of network packages) is. The Internet Protocol represents the basis of the Internets.

See also: IPv4, IPv6, ICMP, TCP/IP reference model, OSI model, IP address, IP package, mobile IP, reference model, Address Resolution Protocol, IPTV, IP-Telefonie

Related links

• RFC 791 - Internet Protocol
• RFC 2460 - Internet Protocol, version 6

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