24.12.2013, 20:18
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Originally Posted by Jstylezzz
 I believe that we were running out of IPv4 adresses (the normal IP adresses you always see). So they had to come up with a newer version of the Internet Protocol. We went from Internet Protocol version 4 to Internet Protocol version 6, 5 was made, but never implemented.
Anyways, IPv6 adresses are basically IP adresses that you know, but then longer. IPv4 - 12.34.567.890 IPv6 - 3ffe:6a88:85a3:08d3:1319:8a2e:0370:7344 (I just read on Wikipedia that we already ran out of IPv4 adresses, and that the last new IPv4 adress block was assigned on 3 February 2011). That. |