{"id":183096,"date":"2025-01-15T16:42:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T16:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=183096"},"modified":"2025-01-15T16:42:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T16:42:28","slug":"match-each-description-with-an-appropriate-ip-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/15\/match-each-description-with-an-appropriate-ip-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Match each description with an appropriate IP address"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-239-1024x380.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-183097\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Match each description with an appropriate IP address. (Not all options are used.) a link-local address a public address an experimental address a loopback address \u00e2\u0153\u201c [Choose ] 172.18.45.9 169.254.1.5 240.2.6.255 198.133.219.2 127.0.0.1 [Choose ] [Choose ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the correct matches between the IP address descriptions and the provided options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A link-local address<\/strong>: <strong>169.254.1.5<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A public address<\/strong>: <strong>198.133.219.2<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>An experimental address<\/strong>: <strong>240.2.6.255<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A loopback address<\/strong>: <strong>127.0.0.1<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Link-Local Address (169.254.1.5):<\/strong><br>Link-local addresses are automatically assigned to devices when no DHCP server is available, and they belong to the range <strong>169.254.0.0 to 169.254.255.255<\/strong>. These addresses are used for communication between devices on the same physical or logical link, such as when two computers are connected via a crossover cable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Public Address (198.133.219.2):<\/strong><br>Public IP addresses are globally routable on the internet and are assigned by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) or Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). The address <strong>198.133.219.2<\/strong> is not part of any reserved ranges (e.g., private, loopback) and is classified as a public address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Experimental Address (240.2.6.255):<\/strong><br>Addresses in the range <strong>240.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.254<\/strong> are reserved for experimental use. They are not assigned for any specific public use and are not routable on the global internet. The address <strong>240.2.6.255<\/strong> falls within this experimental range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Loopback Address (127.0.0.1):<\/strong><br>Loopback addresses are used for testing purposes and interprocess communication on the same host. They are assigned to the range <strong>127.0.0.0 to 127.255.255.255<\/strong>, with <strong>127.0.0.1<\/strong> being the most commonly used address. This address routes traffic back to the same device, ensuring that network configurations and services are functioning correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The address <strong>172.18.45.9<\/strong> is not used in this question, but it belongs to the private IP address range (172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Match each description with an appropriate IP address. (Not all options are used.) a link-local address a public address an experimental address a loopback address \u00e2\u0153\u201c [Choose ] 172.18.45.9 169.254.1.5 240.2.6.255 198.133.219.2 127.0.0.1 [Choose ] [Choose ] The correct answer and explanation is: Here are the correct matches between the IP address descriptions and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}