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A+ Guide to Hardware (Standalone Book) (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Jean Andrews

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Chapter8: Connecting To And Setting Up A Network

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Briefly describe private IPv4 addresses.

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Your device will have a private IP address if it is assigned one by your network router. A private IP address (also referred to as a private network address) is assigned to each device on the same internal network so that they can communicate with each other.
Private IP addresses allow devices on the same network to communicate with each other without having to connect to the Internet.
The usage of private IPs helps to increase network security by making it more difficult for an outside host or user to establish a connection. It's because of this that you can print documents from your wireless printer at home, but your neighbour can't unintentionally transmit their files to your printer by mistake.

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