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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 [[computer network]], using 128 bit addresses. IPv6 was conceived as a "next generation" upgrade from the older Internet addressing scheme [[IPv4]], which relied on a 32-bit address space and is quickly being exhausted by the continued growth of the [[Internet]]. For more information on the "IPv4 address exhaustion" issue, please reference [http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/index.html Geoff Huston's IPv4 Address Report.] | '''Internet Protocol version 6''' (or as it is more commonly known "IPv6") is a method of addressing [[hosts]] or [[nodes]] on a [[computer network]], using 128 bit addresses. IPv6 was conceived as a "next generation" upgrade from the older Internet addressing scheme [[IPv4]], which relied on a 32-bit address space and is quickly being exhausted by the continued growth of the [[Internet]]. For more information on the "IPv4 address exhaustion" issue, please reference [http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/index.html Geoff Huston's IPv4 Address Report.] | ||
=== | ===IPv6 addresses=== | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
# A sample (unicast) address: | |||
2001:0db8:0001:1001:0000:0000:0000:0001 | |||
-- Note the use of Hexadecimal (hex; each character == 4 bits) | |||
---- 4 character (16 bits) per "chunk", 8 chunks, colon separated | |||
We can compress this to make our lives easier: | |||
-- "Drop leading zeroes" (within each chunk) | |||
---- 2001:db8:1:1001:0:0:0:1 | |||
-- "Double-colon" (Replace any number of SEQUENTIAL, ALL ZERO chunks ... one time per address) | |||
---- 2001:db8:1:1001::1 | |||
Note that something like this is valid as well: | |||
2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001 --> 2001:db8::1 | |||
(This IS about making your life easier!) | |||
# special IPv6 unicast addresses / ranges / address formats | # special IPv6 unicast addresses / ranges / address formats | ||
:: Unspecified_Address | :: Unspecified_Address | ||
Revision as of 19:33, 1 August 2008
Internet Protocol version 6 (or as it is more commonly known "IPv6") is a method of addressing hosts or nodes on a computer network, using 128 bit addresses. IPv6 was conceived as a "next generation" upgrade from the older Internet addressing scheme IPv4, which relied on a 32-bit address space and is quickly being exhausted by the continued growth of the Internet. For more information on the "IPv4 address exhaustion" issue, please reference Geoff Huston's IPv4 Address Report.
IPv6 addresses
# A sample (unicast) address: 2001:0db8:0001:1001:0000:0000:0000:0001 -- Note the use of Hexadecimal (hex; each character == 4 bits) ---- 4 character (16 bits) per "chunk", 8 chunks, colon separated We can compress this to make our lives easier: -- "Drop leading zeroes" (within each chunk) ---- 2001:db8:1:1001:0:0:0:1 -- "Double-colon" (Replace any number of SEQUENTIAL, ALL ZERO chunks ... one time per address) ---- 2001:db8:1:1001::1 Note that something like this is valid as well: 2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001 --> 2001:db8::1 (This IS about making your life easier!) # special IPv6 unicast addresses / ranges / address formats :: Unspecified_Address ::1 Loopback localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback ::<v4 address> IPv4-Compatible Addresses (DEPRECATED) ::ffff:<v4 address> IPv4-Mapped Addresses 2000::/3 (Currently active) Global Unicast Addresses 2001:0000::/32 Teredo service prefix 2002::/16 6to4 service prefix fc00::/7 Unique-Local Addresses fe80::/10 Link-Local Unicast fec0::/10 Site-Local Unicast (DEPRECATED) # special IPv6 multicast addresses / address formats ff00::/8 ipv6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters ff02::1:ffXX:XXXX Solicited-Node-Multicast