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noman_edu2002

if let say i have 4 computers and communicating with each other through switch(layer 2) .there is no internet connection .now will the ip adress will be used in the ip packet that will be communicating between computers .if yes who will give that ip adress? if not why plz explain?thanks

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chX

For the first question, yes - IP addressing will more than likely be used in the packet as TCP/IP is much more popular and prevalent than the other protocols.

I suggest you have a look at the OSI model, MAC addressing and IP addressing, how switches process frames and ARP.

As for who sets the IP address, there's a few ways. One is to statically set it on each host individually, or to use DHCP.

notgoing2fail

chX wrote: »

For the first question, yes - IP addressing will more than likely be used in the packet as TCP/IP is much more popular and prevalent than the other protocols.

I suggest you have a look at the OSI model, MAC addressing and IP addressing, how switches process frames and ARP.

As for who sets the IP address, there's a few ways. One is to statically set it on each host individually, or to use DHCP.

That pretty much explains it. And as he said, I'd start to read up on the OSI model and some books on basic TCP networking.