11. IPv4
•Developed in 1970s
•32-bit address
•4294967296 i.e. (232) or 4 billion possible
unique addresses
This is the version we all are
currently using
16. IPv6
•Developed by Internet
Engineering Task Force in 1995
•128-bits address-size
340 billion billion billion billion
or 2128or 3.403×1038 unique
addresses
17. IPv6 ADDRESS NOTATION
Group of 8 DECIMAL NUMBERS
URL of the example:
http://[2001:cdba:0000:0000:0000:0000:3257:9652]/
2001:cdba:0000:0000:0000:0000:3257:9652
29. Advantages of Using
IPv6 over IPv4
•Larger address space
•Support for mobile devices
•Simplified address auto-configuration
•Improved address management
•Built-in security with end-to end IP Sec
•Enables more levels of hierarchy for route aggregation
•Makes it possible to upgrade functionality as needed
•On the IPv6 platform, billions of new devices even cars
can be IPv6 enabled