IPv4 and IPv6 are internet protocol version 4 and internet protocol version 6, IP version 6 is the new version of Internet Protocol, which is way better than IP version 4 in terms of complexity and efficiency.
Difference Between IPv4 and IPv6:
IPv4 IPv6 IPv4 has 32-bit address length IPv6 has 128-bit address length It Supports Manual and DHCP address configuration It supports Auto and renumbering address configuration In IPv4 end to end connection integrity is Unachievable In IPv6 end to end connection integrity is Achievable It can generate 4.29×109 address space Address space of IPv6 is quite large it can produce 3.4×1038 address space Security feature is dependent on application IPSEC is inbuilt security feature in the IPv6 protocol Address representation of IPv4 is in decimal Address Representation of IPv6 is in hexadecimal Fragmentation performed by Sender and forwarding routers In IPv6 fragmentation performed only by sender In IPv4 Packet flow identification is not available In IPv6 packetflow identification are Available and uses flow label field in the header In IPv4 checksumfield is available In IPv6 checksumfield is not available It has broadcast Message Transmission Scheme In IPv6 multicast and any cast message transmission scheme is available In IPv4 Encryption and Authentication facility not provided In IPv6 Encryption and Authentication are provided
IPv4 has header of 20-60 bytes. IPv6 has header of 40 bytes fixed
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