2013-03-05, 12:38 PM
Yugidude Wrote:0/10. Could someone tell me exactly what ipv6 is?
From what I understand (Warning: Wikipedia speed read!) it was intended to address the issue of IPv4 addresses running out. As you know IP addresses currently look something like this: 255.0.0.0; IPv6 addresses extend a lot further than that to prevent the issue of lacking addresses for all the signed on devices since all connected devices would need its own IP.
Quote:IPv6 uses a 128-bit address, allowing for 2128, or approximately 3.4×1038 addresses, or more than 7.9×1028 times as many as IPv4, which uses 32-bit addresses. IPv4 allows for only approximately 4.3 billion addresses. The two protocols are not designed to be interoperable, complicating the transition to IPv6.