Acronyms
CIDR - Classless Inter-domain Routing IP - Internet Protocol
IP addresses
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Public IP addressis how you are identified from the internet. - A
Private IP addressis how you are identified from within a private network. - IP addresses could be static or dynamic.
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Static IP addressonce assigned to you is not changed. On the other hand, a dynamic IP address may be changed by the provider each day, per session etc - In AWS, you cannot reuse a public IPv4 address, and you cannot convert a public IPv4 address to an Elastic IP address.
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Elastic IP addressis a public static IPv4 address designed for dynamic cloud computing. An Elastic IP address is associated with your AWS account. With an Elastic IP address, you can mask the failure of an instance or software by rapidly remapping the address to another instance in your account. - When you associate an Elastic IP address with an instance or its primary network interface, the instance’s public IPv4 address (if it had one) is released back into Amazon’s pool of public IPv4 addresses.
- While your instance is running, you are not charged for one Elastic IP address associated with the instance, but you are charged for any additional Elastic IP addresses associated with the instance.
- Elastic IP addresses incur a small hourly bill if not associated with a running instance, or if associated with a stopped instance or an unattached network interface.
- You can bring part or all of your public IPv4 address range from your on-premises network to your AWS account. You continue to own the address range, but AWS advertises it on the internet. After you bring the address range to AWS, it appears in your account as an address pool. You can create an Elastic IP address from your address pool and use it with your AWS resources, such as EC2 instances, NAT gateways, and Network Load Balancers.
IPv6 Addresses
IPv6 addressesare globally unique and public. They are therefore reachable over the Internet.-
IPv6 CIDR block- VPC - Optionally one IPv6 CIDR block (IPs automatically assigned by Amazon)
- Subnet - One or more IPv6 CIDR block.
CIDR Blocks
CIDR Blocks enable you specify an IP address range. This is done using an IP address and a forward slash. Read this for more information on CIDR Blocks