Question

An IPv4 address has 32 bits, so there are 232 (over 4 billion) possible IPv4 addresses. Since the Internet is gaining devices quickly, we will soon surpass 232 unique devices on the Internet.
In anticipation of all the new Internet devices, we are in the process of switching to IPv6, which uses 128 bits for a single address. That’s 96 extra bits to represent one address!
Which of the following statements correctly describes how many more addresses will be possible to represent by switching from IPv4 to IPv6?
i. 96 more addresses can be represented with IPv6
ii. 296 more addresses can be represented with IPv6
iii. 96 times as many addresses can be represented with IPv6
iv. 296 times as many addresses can be represented with IPv6

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:IPv4 is almost used up due to the constant increase in devices so therefore IPv6 was implemented to combat this issue, IPv6 uses 128 bit addresses, allowing 3.4 x 1038 unique IP addresses. This is equal to 340 trillion trillion trillion IP addresses. IPv6 is written in hexadecimal notation, separated into 8 groups of 16 bits by the colons, thus (8 x 16 = 128) bits in total. Which essentially means both me and you wont see IPv6 run out in our life times nor will you kids kids.