WA Computer Science ATAR Year 11: Network addressing
Students learn how MAC addresses, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, DHCP, subnet masks and default gateways identify devices and direct traffic.
One content description from the full WA Computer Science ATAR Year 11 — Network Communications journey. All 16 modules below are in that journey too, with the same content — add just these to a class, or the whole strand.
Modules (16)
1
What a MAC address is
2
MAC address format
3
IP address
4
IPv4 address format
5
Spotting an invalid IPv4 address
6
The limited number of IPv4 addresses
7
IPv6 address format
8
Shortening an IPv6 address
9
Static IP address
10
Dynamic IP address
11
DHCP
12
Differences between a MAC address and an IP address
13
Private and public IP addresses
14
Subnet mask
15
Checking whether two devices are on the same network
16
Default gateway
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