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Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)

IPv6 uses 128-bit addresses, which gives a total pool of 2^128 addresses. These addresses are normally represented as eight groups of four hexadecimal digits separated by colons. An example of an IPv6 address is: 2001:db8:cd0f:421d:2209:bc:80ba:2095.


Variants

  • IPv6
  • Internet Protocol version 6