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Assignment Title : Assignment: 1

Course Title : DCN
Course Code: CS-205
Submitted By: Syed Anees ul Husnain
Registration No: 21-UON-0940
Submitted To: Mr. Zishan Zafar
Dated: Monday, May 22, 2023
Topic:
IPv4 and IPv6 are used as an address
structure for any node connected to a network. Observing
current organizational network, ipv6 is still not much adopted to
design a network as compare to ipv4.what can be the reasons
that corporate organizations are still avoiding use of ipv6 for
network?

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IPv4 and IPv6 are used as an address structure for any
node connected to a network. Observing current
organizational network, ipv6 is still not much adopted
to design a network as compare to ipv4.what can be
the reasons that corporate organizations are still
avoiding use of ipv6 for network?
Ans: Before explain above question we discuss about IP
and its version.
IP:
IP stand for Internet Protocol. It is a address which make with
combination of numbers and periods such as 192.2.1.1. It allow
your computer and other network devices to communicate with
server and internet. Each device uses an IP address for
communication. An IP address consists of two part. One is
network address and another is host address.
IPv4 and IPv6 is its updated version. Here we discuss about
IPv4 and IPv6.

IPv4:
IPv4 stand for Internet Protocol version 4. It was developed by
DARPA. It first time use in 1983. IP version 4 addresses are
32bits integers. It is write in decimal notation. IPv4 produce
4billion addresses.
Example: 192.3.42.123 –It is IPv4 address.

Parts of IPv4:
Parts of IPv4 is three:
1) Network Part
 2) Host Part
3) Subnet Part
Network Part:
It identifies the category of the network which assigned.
Host Part:
It identifies the machine on your network.
Subnet Part:
Local networks that have massive numbers of hosts are
divided into subnets and subnets number are appointed.
Advantages:

 It becomes easy to attach multiple devices.

 It give permission to keep up privacy and security.

 It provides quality services also as economical knowledge

transfer.

 Routing is a lot of scalable and economical.

IPv6:
IPv6 stand for Internet Protocol version 6. It was developed by
the Internet Engineering Task Force. It introduced in 1995. It is
latest version of IPv4. It is created to improve on the limitation
of IPv4. Its address is different if compare with IPv4. It is a
128bit-hexadecimal address. In this address include letter and
numbers.IPv6 growing faster then IPv4.
Example: 2b00:5b31:00:1b21:1a2w:123
Types of IPv6 Address:
Unicast:
It identifies a unique node on a network. It refers a single
sender and single receiver.
Multicast:
It represents a group of IP addresses. It can be used as the
destination of a datagram.
Anycast:
It is assigned to set of interface that belong to different nodes.
Advantages:

 Reliability

 It has fasterspeed if compare to IPv4.

 Routing Efficiency

 It provide a larger address space.

 It provide good support for mobile devices.

Difference Between IPv4 and IPv6:

IPv4:
 Its Header fields is 12 and Header field length is 20.

 It has Checksum Field.

 Unicast, broadcast and multicast is its transmission type.

 It has VLSM(Virtual Length Subnet Mask) Support.

 DHCP and static is its assignment type.

  Its Security depends on application type.

 Its configuration is not automatic.

IPv6:
 Its Header fields is 8 and Header field length is 40.

 It has no Checksum Field.

 Unicast, anycast and multicast is its transmission type.

 It has no VLSM Support.

 DHCPv6 and static is its assignment type.

 Its Security Built in IPSec support.

 Its configuration is automatic

Now, we are give some reasons that why corporate

organizations are still avoiding use of IPv6 for network.

 The reason is that IPv6 adoption has been delayed in

part due to NAT( Network Address Translation) which
take private IP address and convert into public IP
address.

 The reason is that not all of the tools they use to

manage and monitor their networks support latest
protocol.

 Another reason is that there is a perception that IPv6

does not have any specific need that motivate network
operator and product developer to adopt it.
Conclusion:
In above explanation of IP version. You understood IP
addresses and its version. You also understand whose version
is best for your devices. You easily find the difference between
IPv4 and IPv6.
Reference Website:
What is an IP Address? Types, Version and How it Works | Simplilearn

What is IPv4? - GeeksforGeeks

https://www.lifewire.com/ipv4-vs-ipv6-4780834

https://www.javatpoint.com/ipv4-vs-ipv6