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Differences between IPv4 and IPv6

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IPv4 and IPv6 are internet protocol version 4 and internet protocol version 6, IP version 6 is the new version of

Internet Protocol, which is way better than IP version 4 in terms of complexit y and ef ficiency. 

Dif ference Between IPv4 and IPv6: 

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IPv4 IPv6

IPv4 has a 32-bit address length IPv6 has a 128-bit address length

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IPv4 IPv6

It Suppor t s Manual and DHCP address It suppor t s Auto and renumbering address configuration

configuration

In IPv4 end to end, connec tion integrit y is In IPv6 end to end, connec tion integrit y is Achievable

Unachievable

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It can generate 4.29×10 address space Address space of IPv6 is quite large it can produce 3.4×10

address space

The Securit y feature is dependent on IP SEC is an inbuilt securit y feature in the IPv6 protocol

application

Address representation of IPv4 is in decimal Address Representation of IPv6 is in hexadecimal

Fragmentation per formed by Sender and In IPv6 fragmentation per formed only by the sender

for warding routers

In IPv4 Packet flow identification is not In IPv6 packet flow identification are Available and uses the flow

available label field in the header

In IPv4 check sum field is available In IPv6 check sum field is not available

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IPv4 IPv6

It has broadcast Message Transmission In IPv6 multicast and anycast message transmission scheme is

Scheme available

In IPv4 Encr yption and Authentication facilit y In IPv6 Encr yption and Authentication are provided 

not provided  

IPv4 has a header of 20-60 bytes. IPv6 has header of 40 bytes fixed 

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