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Dissecting IPv6

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Dissecting IPv6

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- [Instructor] Internet Protocol version 6, like Internet Protocol version 4, resides at the Network Layer of the OSI Model. IP version 6 has a number of features, one being a larger address space. IP version 4 had a 32-bit address space. It was represented by a dotted decimal notation. IP version 6 uses 128 bits in the address space and it's represented using hexadecimal notation. IP version 6 supports both stateful and stateless autoconfiguration. With IP version 6, there's no broadcast. IP version 6 uses multicast to communicate with multiple hosts. IP version 6 has a streamlined header. You'll see that there are a lot fewer field values in IP version 6. There are optional extension headers that you can use with IP version 6, including fragmentation or IP security. And IP version 6 is still connectionless and a best-effort protocol, and requires the use of ICMP version 6 along with it. The main enhancement, as you…

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