On 4-Feb-2008, at 00:19, Scott Morris wrote:
You mean do you have to express it in hex?
There are two related things here: (a) the ability to represent a 32-
bit word in an IPv6 address in the form of a dotted-quad, and (b) the
legitimacy of an IPv6 address of the form ::A.B.C.D, where A.
You mean do you have to express it in hex? The original spec allowed both
ways I believe... but just so you realize, this has been deprecated.
Mostly 'cause people can't subnet. :)
Scott
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in the most recent architecture, rfc 4291, that was deprecated. The
exact statement is
2.5.5.1. IPv4-Compatible IPv6 Address
The "IPv4-Compatible IPv6 address" was defined to assist in the IPv6
transition. The format of the "IPv4-Compatible IPv6 address" is as
follows:
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