On a home private network, the router would have a private IP address something like this 192.168.0.1. On the home network there are 5 computers. Each has a local IP address 192.168.0.xx e.g. 192.168.0.2 – 192.168.0.6. But the computers themselves do not have a public IP, only the router does. So would it be possible for someone from an outside network to send a file to one specific computer in my home network? Like if they know the MAC address of the device.
And how is it that emails can reach e.g. outlook application installed on one computer with one IP address, but still be accessed from another computer with a completely different IP address.
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Explainations here are so much more useful than all the studying I’ve tried to do since failing my IT GCSE 20 years ago.
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