Internet Protocol (IP) is the network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. It provides packet routing, IP fragmentation and re-assembly through the data link layer.

History

IPv4 was the version in widespread use and IPv6 was just beginning to come into use in 2000, but was not yet widespread by 2008.^[1]

References

See also

• IP address

External links

• What is the Internet Protocol? at CloudFlare
• Internet Protocol at Wikipedia

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