Internet Protocol Version 6

ANIS NAJIHAH ABU SAMAHFATIN ILYANI ABDUL GHANI

NURUL HAFIZAH SAHARUDIN

What is IPv6 ?

Internet Protocol version 6

The next generation protocol for

internet

Intended to replace IPv4

IPv6 superior to IPv4

Example…

Innovation of IP>IPv4>IPv6

• Network layer protocol (layer 3)• Have 3 responsibilities

IP

Basic Mechanism of IPv6 packets ?

Ver Traffic Class

Flow label

Payload Length

Next Header

Hop limit

Source IP address

Destination IP address

Optional extension

header

IPv6 superior to IPv4 ?

IPv4 Smaller address space

(32 bits) More public address

provided Complex/Long

Address

IPv6 Larger address space

(128 bits) More Private address

provided Simplified Address

Simplified Address

Why we need to change to IPv6 ?

The world will run out of IPv4 addresses in the few years-ZZZ 9999

Current campaign in awareness lack of address-example : Korea-phase-by-phase changes