Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. 514 Unit 3 Living Online 3. Enter ipconfig.exe at the command prompt. A listing of the IP confi guration for the computer is displayed, as shown. Hands-On Example 13.1.1 (continued) 4. Identify the IPv4 address. In this example it is 192.168.1.2. 5. Identify the subnet mask. In this example it is 255.255.255.0. 6. Enter exit to close the Command Prompt window. Other Protocols The Internet protocol works together with other protocols within the Internet protocol suite. The Internet protocol suite is the group of network models and communication protocols used by the Internet and similar networks. The Internet protocol suite is more commonly known as TCP/IP for the transmission control protocol and Internet protocol standards contained within the suite. These are a few examples of protocols in the Internet protocol suite: • transmission control protocol (TCP) • Internet protocol (IP) • hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) • post offi ce protocol (POP3) • Internet message access protocol (IMAP) • simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) • fi le transfer protocol (FTP) The transmission control protocol (TCP) provides the safe delivery of packets of information between computers on the Internet. The hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) provides the hypermedia information system otherwise known as the World Wide Web. The post offi ce protocol (POP3) provides retrieval of e-mail messages from a remote server over a TCP/ IP connection. The Internet message access protocol (IMAP) works with POP3 to provide access to storage and retrieval of e-mail messages. The simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) provides the sending of e-mail