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== Introduction ==


'''IPV6''' is '''I'''nternet '''P'''rotocol '''V'''ersion '''6'''.  [[Internet_Protocol|Internet Protocol]] is a system that allows each computer to be identified on the internet.  Each computer is  issued a numeric  (a number that identifies the computer, like your address identifies your house)  address called an I.P ('''(contracted; show full)

IPV4 had no real privacy settings in it, your IP address could link right to you. IPV6 ''has'' privacy built in, in the form of a helper program that works by generating random addresses then letting them go after a certain period of time.


== Address format ==

IPV6 has an address format to it.  The first 64 bits are the network's identifier.
<ref name="IPV6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/STCMML8/com.ibm.storage.ts3500.doc/opg_3584_IPv4_IPv6_prefix_subnet_mask.html|title=IPV6 Addresses}}</ref>  Those bits will remain the same for each network,  for example, if the IPV6 address is:<br><br> 2001:0000:3238:DFE1:0063:0000:0000:FEFB <br><br>  the first 64 bits (the network identifier) would be <br><br> 2001:0000:3238:DFE1.  The second set of 64 bits would be⏎
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 the host address, using our original IPV6 as an example, that would be:<br><br> 0063:0000:0000:FEFB. <br><br>

This would look a bit different in an office setting (like an office network).  The first 64 bits would still be the network prefix, they'd still be the same (2001:0000:3238).  The 49th to the to the 64th bit (the fourth grouping of four hex numbers) would be the subnet, in the case of our first IPV46 addresses were set up to show the server's IP address ( for example, that woudld be '''DFE1''' (13,14,15,1 in hexadecimal) (  A subnet is a second network connected to the first network).  The last four set of four digit numbers would be your device address (0063:0000:0000:FEFB).  The device address is the actual IPV6 address that connects to your Android, your computer, your T.V set, pretty much any device that's online will get an address from this section!