The transfer of data across an ethernet network is achieved using a communication protocol called TCP This stands for Transport Control Protocol / Internet Protocol. (Note that in this instance internet means inter-network not specifically the Internet). The TCP/IP protocol…
The subnet mask defines which part of the IP represents the network address and which part represents the node address. e.g. a subnet mask of 255.0.0.0 means that the first byte of the IP is the network address and the…
Actual data transmission on Art-Net uses the UDP protocol that operates ‘on top of’ the TCP/IP protocol. UDP data transfer operates by transferring data from a specific IP:port address on a node or controller to a second specific IP:port address…
MAC stands for Media Access Control. This is the low level network connection. Every Media Access Control has a MAC Address that allows it to be identified. This address is globally unique and is assigned by the IEEE. Each Media…
The term casting is used to describe the different ways in which data can be sent to recipients. In IPv4 there are three methods called: Unicast In unicast a single sender transmits data to a single receiver. Unicast is the…
DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It is used to allocate IP addresses to network devices or Hosts. The DHCP server holds a pool of available IP addresses. When a host requires an IP address, it requests one from…
An IP Address – or Internet Protocol Address is a method to uniquely identify different devices on a network. There are two types of IP addressing known as IPv4 and IPv6. IPv4 is the type in common use as is…