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Operation
With IPv4, approx. 4.3 billion different addresses can be generated. With IPv6, approx. 340 sextillion address-
es can be assigned. IPv6 has been considered the successor to IPv4 since 1998.
An IPv6 address is 128 bits long (IPv4: 32 bits). The first 64 bits form the so-called prefix, the last 64 bits con-
sist of a unique interface identifier. The IPv6 address usually consists of 32 hexadecimal digits. The address
from
0000 are abbreviated by ::), means written out fe80:0000:0000:020c:12ff:fe02:10a5.
Fig. 61 Window Ethernet settings IPv6 - Automatic
method
colorSENSOR CFO
example, see Fig. 62, fe80::20c:12ff:fe02:10a5 (leading zeros within a block are omitted; consecutive
Fig. 62 Window Ethernet settings IPv6 - Static
method
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