Re: IP6 Anyone?

[John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> 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?

4 hex digits == 16 bits.    2 octets == 2 * 8 = 16 bits.


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