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TCP/IP Overview
Introduction
This appendix is intended to provide information to help you gain a basic understanding of TCP/IP.
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is a suite of protocols designed to define the way data is passed to network devices.
TCP/IP is rapidly becoming the most used set of protocols. The main reason this is happening is the fact that the internet only uses TCP/IP. If you have a network that you wish to connect to the internet, you must be using TCP/IP to communicate.
Internet Protocol (IP)
When information is sent across the network, the data is broken down into small packets. Each packet is sent independently of one another. IP routes all data packets on the network and provides connectionless, nonguaranteed delivery of data packets across the network. Each node on the network is assigned an IP address, including HP JetDirect connected devices.
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