Re: [newbie] IPv6 question

2001-09-01 Thread Dave Sherman
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

[newbie] IPv6 question

2001-09-01 Thread Tuan Duc Tran
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 ca