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Due to the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses, IPv6 was developed. It consists of eight groups of four hexadecimal digits separated by colons (e.g., 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334). IPv6 addresses are 128-bit numbers, allowing for a vastly larger number of unique addresses. Exact Number of IPv6 addresses: 340, 282, 366, 920, 938, 463, 463, 374,...
As of the writing of this reference, this is the most widely used IP version. It consists of four numbers separated by periods (e.g., 192.168.0.1), with each number ranging from 0 to 255. IPv4 addresses are 32-bit numbers, allowing for about 4.3 billion unique addresses. The Five IPv4 Classes – Quick...
An IP (Internet Protocol) address is a unique identifier assigned to each device connected to a network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. It serves two primary functions: identifying the host or network interface and providing the location of the host in the network. There are two types of...