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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 address (a number that identifies the computer, like your address identifies your house)  address called an I.P ('''I'''nternet '''P'''rotocol) address.   Under the prior version <ref name="IPV4">{{Cite web|url=https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc791|title=IPV4}}</ref>, IPV4 (Internet Protocol, Version 4), all computers are the internet were assigned a set of decimal numbers.  It would be  12 numbers in all, broken up into four sets of three numbers separated by a period ( for example 192.168.1.254).    This worked well, howev(contracted; show full)g of four hex numbers) would be the subnet, in the case of our first IPV6 address 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!