Understanding IPv6 Addressing
IPv6, or Internet Protocol version 6, is the most recent version of the Internet Protocol, which serves as the foundation for communication on the Internet. It was developed to overcome limitations posed by its predecessor, IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4), and to address the growing needs of the evolving internet. IPv6 is a 128-bit long address standard, designed to provide a vastly expanded address space compared to the 32-bit addresses used in IPv4. IPv6 addresses are expressed as eight groups…