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'''Internet Protocol version 6''' (or as it is more commonly known "IPv6") is a method of addressing [[hosts]] or [[nodes]] on a [[network]], using 128 bit addresses. IPv6 was created as a direct response to the older Internet addressing scheme IPv4, which relied on a 32-bit address space. | '''Internet Protocol version 6''' (or as it is more commonly known "IPv6") is a method of addressing [[hosts]] or [[nodes]] on a [[network]], using 128 bit addresses. IPv6 was created as a direct response to the older Internet addressing scheme IPv4, which relied on a 32-bit address space and is quickly being exhausted by the continued growth of the [[Internet]]. | ||
==Example of IPv6 addresses== | |||
<pre> | |||
# special IPv6 addresses | |||
::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback | |||
fe00::0 ipv6-localnet | |||
ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix | |||
ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes | |||
ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters | |||
ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts | |||
</pre> | |||
Revision as of 21:55, 9 July 2008
Internet Protocol version 6 (or as it is more commonly known "IPv6") is a method of addressing hosts or nodes on a network, using 128 bit addresses. IPv6 was created as a direct response to the older Internet addressing scheme IPv4, which relied on a 32-bit address space and is quickly being exhausted by the continued growth of the Internet.
Example of IPv6 addresses
# special IPv6 addresses ::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback fe00::0 ipv6-localnet ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts