What is The Difference Between IPv6 and IPv4? HOW WILL IT EFFECT MY MACHINE ?

[deus]

I WANT TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IPv4 AND IPv6 AND HOW WILL IT EFFECT MY NEW MACHINE'S CONFIGURATION IF I WANT OT BUY A NEW MACHINE, BOTH ON THE SOFTWARE FRONT AND HARDWARE FRONT. PLZ GIVE SOME THOUGHT ON THAT.

 

[papul1993]

I don't think it will affect you machine in any way.

 

[meetdilip]

You can check Wikipedia for difference. It is merely technical. Normally all machines on market nowadays support both IPV4 and IPV6.

 

[Rajesh345]

If you are.going to purchase Router then you have to make sure it support ipv6. but most todays
routers supports it

 

[amjath]

Currently software and hardware supports IP V6. Since we run out of IP v4, v6 come into picture.

v4 uses 32 bits which means it can support 2^32 IP addresses in total — around 4.29 billion everything sold out.

V6 uses 128 bits which means it can support 2^128 IP address - around 3.4* 10^38.

So are we gonna change to v6 or use it? Not precisely. We still start with 192.168.1.1 for home network. If we get a broadband connection we don't get static ip. If u buy a static IP address u still get a v4 cause operators still have some left. If u get a static IP from new broadband companies u may get a chance of getting v6.

Example v6: 1050:0000:0000:0000:0005:0600:300c:326b

 

[deus]

Thanks for reply and it was very helpful.

Thanks for reply and it was very helpful.