IPv6aadressid
An IPv6 address is a unique identifier assigned to devices on the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) network. Unlike IPv4, which uses 32-bit addresses, IPv6 employs 128-bit addresses, allowing for a vastly larger address space (approximately 340 undecillion unique addresses). Each IPv6 address is typically represented as eight groups of four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons (e.g., 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334).
The structure of an IPv6 address is divided into two main parts: the network prefix and the
IPv6 addresses can also include special formats for link-local, unique local, and global routing prefixes, each
The transition from IPv4 to IPv6 has been driven by the depletion of IPv4 addresses and the
While IPv6 adoption has grown steadily, many legacy systems still rely on IPv4, necessitating coexistence mechanisms