IPV6 Addresses

IP Addresses

Local host or loopback Addresses

private IP Addresses

Address Exhausetion - running out of iP addresses. RIPE has rn out. IETF has already started IPV6.

IPV4 = 32 bit vs IPV6 = 128 bit.

IPv5 was experiemental and most of that was moved into 6.

Larger address space

no broadcrasts

no fragrmentation

simplified header

uses hexadecimal . each didget allows us to use short hand. you can redue all 0 to 0’s

IPV4 dotted octet

IPV6 uses hexadecimal may have doubl colons.

globablly routable

link local

SLAAC statless address autoconfiguration. elimantes the needs to obtain addresses or other configuration

Multicaast address - used to id a set of interfaces it begins with FF

Anycast - set of interfaces so a packet can bet sen tto any member of a set.

slacc extended unique identfer allows a host to assisng itse a 64 bit IPV6 interface using the MAC address.

NDP - finds routers and neibors