IPv4
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IPv6
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1.IPv4 addresses are 32 bit length.
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1. IPv6 addresses
are 128 bit length.
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2.IPv4 addresses
binary numbers
represented in decimals.
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2. IPv6 addresses
binary numbers
represented in hexadecimals.
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3.IPSec support is only optional.
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3. Inbuilt IPSec support.
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4.Fragmentation is done by sender
and forwarding routers.
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4. Fragmentation is done only
by sender.
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5.No packet flow
identification.
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5. Packet flow
identification is available within the IPv6 header
using the Flow Label
field.
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6.Checksum field is
available in IPv4 header
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6. No checksum field in IPv6 header.
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7.Options fields are
available in IPv4 header.
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7. No option fields, but IPv6 Extension
headers are available.
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8.Address
Resolution Protocol (ARP) is available to map IPv4 addresses
to MAC addresses.
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8. Address
Resolution Protocol (ARP) is replaced with Neighbor Discovery
Protocol.
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9.Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
is used to manage multicast group membership.
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9. IGMP is replaced
with Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) messages.
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10.
Broadcast
messages are available.
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10.
Broadcast
messages are not available. Instead a link-local scope
all-nodes multicast
address is used for broadcast.
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11.
Manual configuration (Static) of IPv4 addresses
or DHCP (Dynamic configuration) is required to configure IPv4 addresses.
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11.
Auto-configuration of addresses is
available.
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Showing posts with label compare ipv4 & ipv6. Show all posts
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Friday, December 20, 2013
Differences between IPV4 and IPV6
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