Internet Protocol version 6: Difference between revisions
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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. |