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{{DISPLAYTITLE:IPv6 addressing}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:IPv6 addressing}}
== Introduction ==
Due to exhaustion of IPv4 addresses, it's becoming a common practice to configure routers, servers, standalone computers, IoT devices and many other appliances using IPv6 address pool. IP version 6 [[https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8200 RFC8200]] defines the exact same features and functions as IPv4, but the way IP version 6 is implemented differs from IP version 4. While both IPv4 and IPv6 address pools are finite, IPv6 has an extremely large amount of available total addresses compared to IPv4. In theory, the total IPv4 address pool contains '''2^32'''=4,294,967,296. Some of these addresses are already reserved for internal or special use-cases.
Due to exhaustion of IPv4 addresses, it's becoming a common practice to configure routers, servers, standalone computers, IoT devices and many other appliances using IPv6 address pool. IP version 6 [[https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8200 RFC8200]] defines the exact same features and functions as IPv4, but the way IP version 6 is implemented differs from IP version 4. While both IPv4 and IPv6 address pools are finite, IPv6 has an extremely large amount of available total addresses compared to IPv4. In theory, the total IPv4 address pool contains '''2^32'''=4,294,967,296. Some of these addresses are already reserved for internal or special use-cases.
==External links==
==External links==
*https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8200
*https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8200 - official IPv6 RFC
*https://www.ipaddressguide.com/ipv6
*https://www.ipaddressguide.com/ipv6 - compress, expand and verify IPv6 addresses
*http://sqa.fyicenter.com/1000334_IPv6_Address_Validator.html
*http://sqa.fyicenter.com/1000334_IPv6_Address_Validator.html - IPv6 address verifier
*https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/lir-basics/ipv6_reference_card.pdf
*https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/lir-basics/ipv6_reference_card.pdf - RIPE.net IPv6 addressing types sheet
*https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4038
*https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4038 - Application aspects of IPv6 transition
*https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1918
*https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1918 - Address allocation for private networks
*https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4193
*https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4193 - Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses (ULA)
*https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3927
*https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3927 - Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses
*https://www.potaroo.net/cgi-bin/ipv6addr
*https://www.potaroo.net/cgi-bin/ipv6addr - Generate prefix report the provided address
*https://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-unicast-address-assignments/ipv6-unicast-address-assignments.xhtml
*https://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-unicast-address-assignments/ipv6-unicast-address-assignments.xhtml - IPv6 Global Unicast Address Assignments
[[Category:Networking]]
[[Category:Networking]]
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