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 ...

One might suppose that the most obvious difference between IPv4 and IPv6 is the address space: IPv4 addresses are only 32 bits long, and IPv6 addresses are 128 bits long. And there are more ...

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 ...

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 ...