What is meant by an "octet" when describing sets of numbers within an IP address?
Hi Everyone;
I heard a technician from AT&T one day describe sets of numbers within an IP address for network devices in terms of "octets" which brings me to the purpose of this post. Exactly, what are octets within the realms of IP addresses?
Any followup thoughts or feedback to this question will be appreciated.
Thank you.
George
I heard a technician from AT&T one day describe sets of numbers within an IP address for network devices in terms of "octets" which brings me to the purpose of this post. Exactly, what are octets within the realms of IP addresses?
Any followup thoughts or feedback to this question will be appreciated.
Thank you.
George
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Thanks so much for the followup to this rather technical network question. Everyone certainly gave helped to break this down to help enhance my understanding an octet. I guess what helped to bring all of this together better is the fact that an IP address in decimal form being converted to actual binary form makes up an octet (e.g. consisting of one group of numbers with a maximum of three characters in each group).
Many thanks again everyone for a fine job.
George