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IPv4

Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) is the first version of the Internet Protocol (IP) as a standalone specification. It is one of the core protocols of standards-based internetworking methods in the Internet and other packet-switched networks. IPv4 was the first version deployed for production on SATNET in 1982 and on the ARPANET in January 1983. It is…

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Abbreviation
IPv4
Developer
DARPA
Influenced
IPv6
Introduction
1980; 46 years ago (1980)
OSI layer
Network layer
Purpose
Internetworking protocol

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Addressing

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Assistive protocols

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IPv4

Nodes117
Edges116
Triples128
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017094
Components1

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IPv4

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related to External links · 18
IPv4 → IANA, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, Internet Engineering Task Force, Internet Protocol Archived, IP, IP Header Breakdown, IP Mobility Support, IPv4/8, ISSN, November, Obsoletes RFC, Official, Perkins, Proposed Standard, Revised, RFC, RFC5944, Wayback Machine
related to Link-local addressing · 16
IPv4 → APIPA, Automatic Private IP Addressing, DHCP, Dynamic Configuration, IETF, Internet, IP, IPv4 Link-Local Addresses, Like, Many, May, Microsoft, RFC, These, When, Zeroconf
related to history · 13
IPv4 → Defense, Earlier, IETF, In March, Internet Protocol, Internet Protocol Suite, January, RFC, September, TCP/IP, TCP/IPv3, US Department, With IPv4
related to References · 13
IPv4 → CC BY, Internet Protocol, ISSN, Michel Bakni, OCLC, PDF, S2CID, Sandra Hanbo, Science, Survey, This, Wikidata Q104661268, WikiJournal
related to Assistive protocols · 11
IPv4 → ARP, BOOTP, Bootstrap Protocol, DHCP, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, For, In, IP, IP-address-to-hardware-address, Protocols, The Address Resolution Protocol
related to Fragmentation and reassembly · 11
IPv4 → In, In IPv4, Internet Layer, Internet Protocol, IPv6, MTU, Networks, Path MTU Discovery, The, The Internet Protocol, When
related to Address space exhaustion · 10
IPv4 → CIDR, Classless Inter-Domain Routing, In, Internet, IP, ISP, NAT, Network, PDAs, The
related to Purpose · 9
IPv4 → Internet, Internet Protocol Suite, IP, It, QUIC, TCP, The Internet Protocol, These, Transmission Control Protocol
related to Allocation · 8
IPv4 → Because, Class, Classes, In, IP, The, This, To
related to Address representations · 3
IPv4 → For, IP, They

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address internet addresses ip network protocol used networks packet ipv6 fragment host fragments rfc subnet header version data hosts example

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IPv4AbbreviationIPv41.00infobox
IPv4DeveloperDARPA1.00infobox
IPv4InfluencedIPv61.00infobox
IPv4Introduction1980; 46 years ago (1980)1.00infobox
IPv4OSI layerNetwork layer1.00infobox
IPv4PurposeInternetworking protocol1.00infobox
IPv4RFCs.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
IPv4is aconnectionless protocol0.90text
DS-Liteinstance ofused for IPv6 transition mechanisms0.80text
464XLAT192.0.0.8/32instance ofused for IPv6 transition mechanisms0.80text
ping or tracerouteinstance ofor manually using diagnostic tools0.80text
IPv4related to Address representationsThey0.60section

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