IPv4Vinny
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When IPv4 emerged, no one could have imagined the scale of the internet today. Unsurprisingly, as the internet expanded, the pool of unallocated IPv4 addresses drained fast, and in 2011, IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) officially exhausted its IPv4 free pool.
This led to the introduction of IPv6 in 1998. IPv6 was designed to solve the address exhaustion problem by offering an astonishing number of IP addresses (2128 or about 3.4×1038). However, even today, less than 1% of internet traffic is carried over IPv6.
To compare IPv4 vs. IPv6, we need to look at how these Internet Protocols emerged, what benefits they offer and what the main differences between IPv4 and IPv6 are.
This led to the introduction of IPv6 in 1998. IPv6 was designed to solve the address exhaustion problem by offering an astonishing number of IP addresses (2128 or about 3.4×1038). However, even today, less than 1% of internet traffic is carried over IPv6.
To compare IPv4 vs. IPv6, we need to look at how these Internet Protocols emerged, what benefits they offer and what the main differences between IPv4 and IPv6 are.
