Copyright © 2001
Qusay H. Mahmoud
7
Naming and Routing
lTranslation
from symbolic names to IP addresses is done through a naming service
(DNS)
lIP
addresses are used when a host is sending packets to other hosts on same (or other)
network
lThe
process of locating networks and hosts and delivering packets to them is called routing
lWhile
data is being routed, it may get lost between networks (the transport protocol
is responsible for verification