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Digital Literacy

Humberto Sifuentes
Humberto Sifuentes
7,694 Points

How big are IPv6 numbers?

Are IPv6 numbers composed by 6 bytes just as IPv4 numbers are composed by 4 bytes?

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points

The "6" is a version number, not a size.

:point_right: IPv6 numbers are 16 bytes (128 bits).