2 hex digits is 1 octet (or byte).
On Feb 26, 2011, at 3:04 PM, Always Learning wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2011-02-26 at 20:58 +0000, sheraznaz@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> IPv6 has twice (8) segments compared to IPv4 however each segment
>> is 2 octets making IPv6 address space 4 times (128 bits) compared
>> to IPv4 (32 bits).
>
> Oct... means 8.
>
> Each segment of an IP6 segment can contain 4 hexadecimal digits.
> Hexadecimal means 0 to F.
>
> Are you sure 'octets' is correct?
>
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>
> Paul.
> England,
> EU.
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