PV4 is 32 Bits and
IPv6 is a 128 bits long IP address
The terms bit
and byte are common in computer networking. Both terms refer to digital
data transmitted over a network connection. For example, bits and bytes both
may represent network addresses
What is IPv4?
IPv4 was the first version of Internet Protocol to be widely
used, and accounts
for most of today’s Internet traffic. There are just over 4
billion IPv4 addresses.
While that is a lot of IP addresses, it is not enough to
last forever.
What is IPv6?
IPv6 is a newer numbering system that provides a much larger
address pool
than IPv4. It was deployed in 1999 and should meet the
world’s IP addressing
needs well into the future.
What is the major difference?
The major difference between IPv4 and IPv6 is the number of
IP addresses.
There are 4,294,967,296 IPv4 addresses. In contrast, there
are 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 IPv6 addresses.The
technical functioning of the Internet remains the same with both versions
and it is likely that both versions will continue to operate
simultaneously on
networks well into the future. To date, most networks that
use IPv6 support
both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in their networks.
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