IPv6 Loopback 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...
IPv6 Address Types Explained: Unicast, Multicast, and Anycast
What are the IPv6 address types? That’s the focus of this guide. Previous articles in this series covered IPv4 address classes, classless and classful addressing schemes, and special-purpose IP addresses, along with unicasting, multicasting, and broadcasting in IPv4. IPv6 addressing follows a similar conceptual split — unicast, multicast, and anycast — but with a much...