Unlike IPv4's four sets of numbers separated by dots, IP addresses in IPv6 are represented as eight sets of four hexadecimal characters separated by colons; for example: 2001:fe80:d4e4:d1e6 ...

We’ve seen internet-enabled holiday displays before, and we know IPv6 offers much more space than the older IPv4 addressing scheme that most of us still use today, but the two have never been ...

Sections 7.4 through Section 7.6 cover the IPv6 addressing scheme is some detail. The previous subsections introduced some basic concepts on addressing, and these concepts are expanded in this chapter ...

The most well-known and important enhancement introduced by IPv6 is the expansion of the address space as the result of increased bit allocation for an IPv6 address, that is, from 32 bits in IPv4 to ...

driven by the urgent need to accommodate a rapidly expanding number of internet-connected devices and the introduction of IPv6 addresses. Historically, the shift to IPv6 was slow, with many regions ...

When it comes to personal networks, simplicity is key, and the idea of transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6 addresses seems crazy. However, with the increasing number of ‘smart’ devices ...

Internet pioneer Huston questions the introduction of IPv6, which has provoked controversial reactions. Gert Döring weighs up ...

But as the internet evolved, it quickly became clear that we would run out of IPv4 addresses to use, prompting the ...