http://tcllib.sourceforge.net/doc/tcllib_ip.html
The '''Internet Protocol''' (described in RFC 791 [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0791.txt]),
which controls how machines talk to and address each other.
Usually you have [TCP] or [UDP] layered over the top to provide port-based addressing and checksums...
The most common version of IP at the moment is version 4, though you may well also see version 6
about from time to time (mostly at very large ISPs though.)
The currently used checksum in IPV4 as described in RFC 791 [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0791.txt] is known as the [Internet Checksum].
[[Need more info on the difference between IPv4 and IPv6...]]
If you need to manipulate internet addresses, read [Handling internet addresses].
You may also be interested in the [DNS] page for turning hostnames into addresses.
See also [A Little CIDR Calculator]
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