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    IPv6 was designed as the successor to IPv4 and offers several key improvements and features over IPv4 including a vastly larger address space that can accommodate more devices, a simplified header to streamline routing, and built-in support for mobility, security, auto-configuration, and other advanced networking capabilities.

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    IPv6 was designed as the successor to IPv4 and offers several key improvements and features over IPv4 including a vastly larger address space that can accommodate more devices, a simplified header to streamline routing, and built-in support for mobility, security, auto-configuration, and other advanced networking capabilities.

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    IPv6 was designed as the successor to IPv4 and offers several key improvements and features over IPv4 including a vastly larger address space that can accommodate more devices, a simplified header to streamline routing, and built-in support for mobility, security, auto-configuration, and other advanced networking capabilities.

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    IPv6 was designed as the successor to IPv4 and offers several key improvements and features over IPv4 including a vastly larger address space that can accommodate more devices, a simplified header to streamline routing, and built-in support for mobility, security, auto-configuration, and other advanced networking capabilities.

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    Features of IPv6

    The successor of IPv4 is not designed to be backward compatible. Trying to keep the basic
    functionalities of IP addressing, IPv6 is redesigned entirely. It offers the following features:

    Larger Address Space


    Compared with IPv4, IPv6 uses 4 times more bits to address devices on the Internet, which will
    provide an address space for approximately 3.4 × 10 ^ 38 devices. This address space can meet the
    aggressive requirements for allocating addresses for almost everything in the world. According to
    an estimate, 1564 addresses can be assigned to every square meter of this planet.

    Simplified Header
    The IPv6 header was designed to be less complex and easier to process than the IPV4 header by
    moving all unnecessary information and options (which are present in the IPv4 header) to the end
    of the IPv6 header.

    End-to-end Connectivity
    With IPv6, each device has a unique IP address and can traverse the Internet without using NAT or
    other translating components. After IPv6 is fully implemented, each host can directly access other
    hosts on the Internet, but it will encounter some restrictions, such as firewalls and organizational
    policies.

    Auto-configuration
    IPv6 supports both stateful and stateless auto-configuration modes of its host devices. This way,
    the absence of a DHCP server does not put a halt to inter-segment communication.

    Faster Forwarding/Routing
    A simplified header puts all unnecessary information at the end of the header. The information
    contained in the first part of the header is adequate for a Router to make routing decisions, thus
    making the routing decision-making process as quickly as looking at the mandatory header.

    IPsec
    Initially, it was decided that IPv6 must have IPsec security, making it more secure than IPv4.
    Unfortunately, this feature has now been made optional.

    No Broadcast
    Though Ethernet/Token Ring is considered a broadcast network because they support
    Broadcasting, IPv6 no longer has broadcast support. It uses multicast to communicate with
    multiple hosts.

    Anycast Support
    This is another characteristic of IPv6. IPv6 has introduced the Anycast mode of packet routing. In
    this mode, multiple interfaces over the Internet are assigned the same Anycast IP address.
    Routers, while routing, send the packet to the nearest destination.

    Mobility
    IPv6 was designed while keeping mobility in mind. This feature enables hosts (such as mobile
    phones) to roam around in different geographical areas and remain connected with the same IP
    address. The mobility feature of IPv6 takes advantage of auto IP configuration and Extension
    headers.

    Enhanced Priority Support


    IPv4 used 6 bits DSCP (Differential Service Code Point) and 2 bits ECN (Explicit Congestion
    Notification) to provide Quality of Service. Still, it could only be used in the end-to-end devices
    that support it; that is, the source and destination device and underlying network must support it.
    In IPv6, Traffic class and Flow label are used to tell the underlying routers how to process the
    packet and route it efficiently.

    Smooth Transition
    A large IP address scheme in IPv6 enables the allocation of devices with globally unique IP
    addresses. This mechanism saves IP addresses, making NAT no longer a necessity. So machines can
    send/receive data among each other; for example, VoIP and/or any streaming media can be used
    much more efficiently. Another fact is, the header is less loaded, so routers can make forwarding
    decisions and forward them as quickly as they arrive.

    Extensibility
    One of the significant advantages of the IPv6 header is that it is extensible to add more
    information in the options part. IPv4 provides only 40-bytes for options, whereas options in IPv6
    can be as much as the size of the IPv6 packet itself.

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