Computer Networking › Section D · The network layer: data plane › Topic D.5
IPv6
IPv4's 4.3 billion addresses were never going to be enough for a world of phones, sensors and cloud servers. IPv6 fixes the shortage with 128-bit addresses and uses the redesign to simplify the header that every router must read.
In this topic
- Why a new version
- Writing IPv6 addresses
- Worked example: shortening an address
- The IPv6 header
- What IPv6 removed
- Kinds of address
- Worked example: a home's allocation
- Configuring hosts: SLAAC
- Transition: dual stack, tunnels and translation
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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