On 01 Sep 2001 10:38:28 -0700, Tuan Duc Tran wrote:
Could any one please tell me what is Ipv6? I have heard that Ipv6 use
128 bits. Does it mean if we take 128/8 we have 16 bytes addressing? If
not, does Ipv6 is 6 bytes address instead of 4 bytes which we are using
right now? And, how do we setup Ipv6 on Linux or windows? Is it a must
use or we can stay with Ipv4?
Thank you
IPv6 Does indeed use 128-bit addresses, as opposed to IPv4's 32-bit
address. If I remember correctly, the additional address space is
pre-pended to the left end of the address, in 8-byte chunks (just like
the current IPv4 uses 4 8-byte chunks, IPv6 just adds a few more
octets). A system running IPv6 is backwards-compatible with IPv4,
because it can recognize the shorter network address of IPv4, and thus
resolve the address correctly. However, IPv4 systems can not understand
IPv6 addresses.
All Linux distros set themselves up with IPv4 by default, since IPv6 is
still far from universal.
I don't know how to set up IPv6, but I would imagine there is a howto
available. In fact, a search at google.com turned up a whole bunch of
links, including these:
http://www.bieringer.de/linux/IPv6/IPv6-HOWTO/IPv6-HOWTO.html
http://www.linuxhq.com/IPv6/
Enjoy,
Dave
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
