Godlisten Sumari
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Godlisten Sumari replied to the discussion Understand and Work with IPv6 Addresses in the forum IPv6 Foundations a year ago
Understand and Work with IPv6 Addresses
IPv6 addresses are 128-bit identifiers for devices on the internet, represented in hexadecimal and separated by colons (:) Unlike IPv4, which uses 32-bit addresses in decimal format eg 192.168.2.1
Shortening IPv6 Addresses:
To simplify reading, IPv6 addresses can be shortened using two rules:
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Omit Leading Zeros: Any leading zeros in a block can…
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Godlisten Sumari replied to the discussion What is IPv6 and why do we need it? in the forum IPv6 Foundations a year ago
What is IPv6 and why do we need it?
IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is the latest version of the Internet Protocol (IP), which is used to identify devices and route traffic across the internet. IPv6 was developed to replace the previous version, IPv4, due to the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses. We need it because IPv6 is essential to address the limitations of IPv4,…
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Godlisten Sumari replied to the discussion Why IPv4 Has Lasted This Long And Why It Is Not Sustainable in the forum IPv6 Foundations a year ago
Why IPv4 Has Lasted This Long And Why It Is Not Sustainable
IPv4 last long due to introduction of NAT(Network Address Translation), use of classless inter-domain routing(CIDR) and subnetting
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