<<O>>  Difference Topic IpV6 (r1.4 - 11 Dec 2002 - KirkStrauser)

 IPv6 (capitalized here as IpV6) is the next-generation InterNet? Protocol. The main characteristic distinguishing IPv6 from the current protocol, IPv4, is that IPv6 stores an IpAddress? as a 128-bit integer instead of IPv4's 32-bit integers. This results in a much larger AddressSpace?:

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IpV6onFreeBSD? works very well, but is non-trivial to set up at this time, and there are some IpV6KnownIssues.

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 <<O>>  Difference Topic IpV6 (r1.3 - 14 Nov 2002 - KirkStrauser)
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>		 IPv6 (capitalized here as IpV6) is the next-generation InterNet? Protocol. The main characteristic distinguishing IPv6 from the current protocol, IPv4, is that IPv6 stores an IpAddress? as a 128-bit integer instead of IPv4's 32-bit integers. This results in a much larger AddressSpace?:

Protocol Bits Number of addresses
IPv4 32 4294967296
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IpV6onFreeBSD? works very well, but is non-trivial to set up at this time, and there are some IpV6KnownIssues.

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 <<O>>  Difference Topic IpV6 (r1.2 - 27 Mar 2002 - KirkStrauser)

 IPv6 (capitalized here as IpV6) is the next-generation Internet Protocol. The main characteristic distinguishing IPv6 from the current protocol, IPv4, is that IPv6 stores an IpAddress? as a 128-bit integer instead of IPv4's 32-bit integers. This results in a much larger AddressSpace?:

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  • Neighbor auto-discovery (no more need for DHCP)

IpV6onFreeBSD? works very well, but is non-trivial to set up at this time, and there are some IpV6KnownIssues.

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 <<O>>  Difference Topic IpV6 (r1.1 - 26 Mar 2002 - KirkStrauser)
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>		 IPv6 (capitalized here as IpV6) is the next-generation Internet Protocol. The main characteristic distinguishing IPv6 from the current protocol, IPv4, is that IPv6 stores an IpAddress? as a 128-bit integer instead of IPv4's 32-bit integers. This results in a much larger AddressSpace?:

Protocol Bits Number of addresses
IPv4 32 4294967296
IPv6 128 340282366920938463463374607431768211456

IPv6 has many other advantages over IPv4:

  • Built-in security features
  • Neighbor auto-discovery (no more need for DHCP)

IpV6onFreeBSD? works very well, but is non-trivial to set up at this time, and there are some IpV6KnownIssues.

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