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Private and Public IP Addresses (view source)
Revision as of 16:23, 15 January 2018
, 16:23, 15 January 2018→Shared IPs
'''Public shared''' - in some cases, an ISP can assign a public IP address to a group of users, and then employ NAT to isolate their traffic.
'''Public shared''' - in some cases, an ISP can assign a public IP address to a group of users, and then employ NAT to isolate their traffic.
[[File:Shared ip v3.png]]
[[File:Shared ip v4.png]]
In the example above we can see that it is possible for multiple devices (even websites) to share a single public IP address. An ISP provides clients with private WAN IP addresses and then uses NAT to differentiate to which host specific data packets should be directed to.
In the example above we can see that it is possible for multiple devices (even websites) to share a single public IP address. An ISP provides clients with private WAN IP addresses and then uses NAT to differentiate to which host specific data packets should be directed to.
