10 things you should know about IPv6 addressing

TechRepublic ^ | 22 October 2010 | Brien Posey

[calex59]

Yes, I remember NAT well. It has been a long time though since I set up a network of any kind(except at home, naturally).

[ShadowAce]

I wasn’t trying to be a wiseass.

I know. I just liked the way you put the question. It struck me as funny.

[AFreeBird]

Phone numbers: country codes, area codes, prefixes and the like are probably the better analogy.

In your analogy; iP4 was zip codes, and IP6 is zip-pluse.

[ShadowAce]

Or better yet—IPv4 is the 7-digit telephone number. IPv6 is a 21 digit telephone number. :)

[Tribune7]

Very well done!

[ShadowAce]

oops. I just saw an error in my explanation.

It's not 4 32-bit numbers. It's 4 8-bit numbers, totally 32 bits.

Minor detail, but could confuse someone. :)

[tutstar]

gnip

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The browser takes what you type in and converts it to an Internet address.

I thought that was done by the DNS at your ISP and not the browser.

[ShadowAce]

Well, I was trying to simplify things quite a bit. There are probably quite a few technical inaccuracies in what I wrote, but I think I explained the functional process for a beginner.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

"...but I think I explained the functional process for a beginner."

Oh...no doubt. It was a great overview. I work in IT so read that and said...."Uhmmmm...wait a second."

Just picking nits. Ask a beginner what DNS is and you'll get....well, you know.

[antiRepublicrat]

If you want to include an IPv6 address within a Universal Naming Convention, you must replace the colons with dashes and append .ipv6.literal.net to the end of the address — for example, FE80-AB00–200D-617B.ipv6.literal.net.

Interestingly, literal.net is not in use, having one of those standard for-sale pages with lots of links. It's owned by one of the most popular registrars for spam domains, they're #2 in blacklisted name servers.

[ShadowAce]

Perhaps--and I'm just guessing here--literal.net is similar to the "about:****" pages on firefox. When the browser sees it, it actually goes into internal mode?

Otherwise, that is quite interesting.

[antiRepublicrat]

That’s what I’m guessing, except this would create a problem if anyone were to actually start using literal.net.

[ShadowAce]

...this would create a problem if anyone were to actually start using literal.net.

Hmm. :)