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by fred king Sep 7, 2001 last reply Sep 12, 2001

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what does ipv6 look like, in the real world?

I know ipv4 is 100.123.158.364

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fred

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Believe it or not, it will look alot like a MAC address. By that I mean it will be a colon deliminated set of Hexedecimal numbers. Much Like this>

FEDC:BA98:7654:3210:FEDC:BA98:7654:3210

However, to maintain current compatibility with ipv4 the example you give would be represented by ::100.123.158.364

More information can be found here:

ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2373.txt

Thanks mate that was geat.
Pictures a little clearer now.

Thanks
Fred

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