{"id":2362,"date":"2026-03-17T08:33:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electrical.lazyhungryminds.com\/?p=2362"},"modified":"2026-03-17T08:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:33:06","slug":"difference-between-ip-network-and-ethernet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electrical.lazyhungryminds.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/difference-between-ip-network-and-ethernet\/","title":{"rendered":"Difference between IP network and Ethernet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ethernet<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>IP networks<\/strong>\u00a0work together but serve different purposes in networking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"key-differences\">Key Differences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Aspect<\/th><th>Ethernet<\/th><th>IP Network<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>OSI Layer<\/strong><\/td><td>Layer 1 &amp; 2 (Physical + Data Link)<\/td><td>Layer 3 (Network)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/td><td>Physical connection &amp; local delivery<\/td><td>Routing between networks<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Addressing<\/strong><\/td><td>MAC addresses (hardware)<\/td><td>IP addresses (logical)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Data Unit<\/strong><\/td><td>Frames<\/td><td>Packets<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Scope<\/strong><\/td><td>Local network (LAN)<\/td><td>Multiple networks (WAN\/Internet)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ethernet<\/strong>: The Cat6 cable running through your CRCA perforated panels and marshalling cabinets<br><strong>IP Network<\/strong>: The addressing system that lets PLCs, sensors, and DCS talk across your plant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethernet\u00a0and\u00a0IP networks\u00a0work together but serve different purposes in networking. Key Differences Aspect Ethernet IP Network OSI Layer Layer 1 &amp; 2 (Physical + Data Link) Layer 3 (Network) Purpose Physical connection &amp; local delivery Routing between networks Addressing MAC addresses&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/electrical.lazyhungryminds.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/difference-between-ip-network-and-ethernet\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,29,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dcs-plc","category-control-systems","category-instrumentation-tools"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/electrical.lazyhungryminds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/electrical.lazyhungryminds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/electrical.lazyhungryminds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrical.lazyhungryminds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrical.lazyhungryminds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/electrical.lazyhungryminds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2363,"href":"https:\/\/electrical.lazyhungryminds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362\/revisions\/2363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/electrical.lazyhungryminds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrical.lazyhungryminds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrical.lazyhungryminds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}