>> Always learning wrote: >> I always thought, mistakenly, IP6 was 6 segments, because it was IP6. IP4 >> had 4 segments. However IP6 is >actually IP version 6 and it has 8 segments.
I don't think I ever heard IP6, but always IPv6. Counting segments might not be as meaningful. IPv6 has twice (8) segments compared to IPv4 however each segment is 2 octets making IPv6 address space 4 times (128 bits) compared to IPv4 (32 bits). Thanks Sheraz Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
