There different types of IP addresses and each are explained :-
- Uni-cast IP Address:-
- As the name suggests it one time destination only address.
- When we send a data packets/frames to particular destination directly without any interference.
2. Multi-cast IP Address:-
- Operation:- The messages are linked with the distinctive network address and are sent to the group of IP Addresses that are already Pre-defined.Then the packet is redirected towards the destination that are linked to the predefined group of IP Addresses.
- Here a single source is able to transfer the data packets towards the multiple destination devices.
- They are used in Class D addresses.
3. Broadcast IP Address:-
- These addresses are used to send the packets to all the destination devices that are in the network.
- The packets that are received by the destination devices with proper broadcast address need to process the entire data.