how many bits is an ipv6 address
Configuring and Verifying IPv6 Addressing and Prefix
Domain 1.8 | Network Fundamentals — 20% of exam Learning Objectives By the end of this lesson, you will be able to: Key Terms Term Definition IPv6 Internet Protocol version 6; uses 128-bit addresses, successor to IPv4 Hextet One of the eight 16-bit groups making up an IPv6 address, written as four hexadecimal digits Leading...
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IPv6 Address Representation: Formats, Compression, and Prefix Notation
An IPv6 address is 128 bits long, written as eight groups of four hexadecimal digits separated by colons, where each group represents 16 bits. Addresses can be written in lowercase or uppercase. The preferred format is x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x, where each x is a group of four hexadecimal digits. Each such group is called a hextet —...