Today it is almost inconceivable for a business not to have computers, whether it is a construction company or a high technology firm. When a business has more than one computer, they are almost always connected to a local area network. These networks may be more or less advanced and therefore more or less costly. Companies invest so much (in terms of both money and time) in a local area network because there are many advantages that a local area network brings to a business and how it is
IP Address (Internet Protocol address) is a unique address that certain electronic devices use in order to identify and communicate with each other on a computer network utilizing the Internet Protocol standard (IP)—in simpler terms, a computer address. Any participating network device—including routers, computers, time-servers, printers, Internet fax machines, and some telephones—can have their own unique address. An IP address can also be thought of as the equivalent of a