IPv4 vs. IPv6
IPv4 and IPv6 are communication protocols (rules) which allow remote computers, servers, and other IT related devices to communicate. Both owe their existence to the massive growth of the internet. There was no need for IP-versions in 1969 when the internet began as ARPANET, a network set up by the United States Defense Advance Research Project. With only a few dozen computers on the net, each identified by a host name, they were able identify, contact and communicate with each other using host name only. When ARPANET went public and became what we know as the internet today, using host names only to identify devices became untenable. What is IPv4 and IPv6? The “IP” stands for Internet Protocol. Internet Protocol is the
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That ignorance was short lived as the internet, and the number of devices connected to it grew exponentially. Every device which connects to the internet requires an IP address. Computers, printers, tablets, and phones must each have a unique address or they will not be able to communicate via the net. The magnitude of internet growth revealed there was a need for more addresses by the late 1980s. Pv4 addresses are separated into 5 classes which are identified by the first-Octet value as follows (Odom, p.391):
Class A 1-126 Unicast addresses (0 & 127 reserved)
Class B 128 – 191 Unicast addresses
Class C 192 – 223 Unicast addresses
Class D 224 – 239 Multicast addresses – not used for unicast
Class E 240 – 255 Experimental – not used for unicast The classes were divided into “network groups” which determined how many actual IPv4 addresses were in each group. The chart below best illustrates the network/IPv4 address breakdown (Odom, p. 394):
RANGE CLASS NETWORKS ADDRESSES
0 Reserved
1 – 126 A 126 16,000,000 each
127 Reserved
128 – 191 B 16,000 65,000 each
192 – 223 C 2,000,000 254 each
224 – 239 D Multicast Multicast
240 – 255 E Experimental Experimental
With a limited numbers of IP addresses available, the original practice of assigning a whole network from a class, for example a Class B network from the “129” range with 65,000 addresses, to a company which needed only 500 IP addresses, wasted IP addresses.
IPv6 is more flexible in using protocols which, are mainly defined as the Request for Comment (RFC) that we discussed in the discussions. Protocols are defined in the RFC, but the name of the protocol will be something like Internet Protocol, Internet Control Message Protocol, Telnet Protocol, and many more. The reason why these Protocols are more flexible in the IPv6 is for one, the IPv6 is a newer technology than the IPv4, and the IPv6 also has more functionality and allows more flexibility in the protocols, whereas the
It has been framed keeping the limitations of IPv4 in mind. One of the important features of IPv6 is the 128 bit address space, which will probably not be exhausted in the foreseeable future. IPv4 was having the drawback of no provision for mobility and security. Both these features needed to be added in somewhat patch-work way as the need for mobility and security evolved. Thus, IPv6 has been designed keeping both the provision for security and mobility right from the
The internet was invented around the early 1960s with the research of Packet switching. What they called ARPANET led to the development of the internetworking, where multiple networks could be joined together over to create a network of networks. IP defined by RFC791 was the first widely used versions of the internet protocol. This was known as version four, this would make you think that there were three other versions of IP before this version however, there really was not. IPv4 was originally designed for an internetwork, a fraction of what the size of the internet is today. IPv4 has served its purpose very well, however with the growth of the internet it was just a matter of time before they would need to create a new version of IP. The development of a new version IP would began in the mid-1990s. The new version of IP is known as Internet Protocol version Six (IPv6) or sometimes called IP next generation or IPng. One of the biggest questions that came about when the announcement of IPv6 was what Happened to IPv5. “The answer is: it doesn 't exist. While this may seem confusing, version 5 was in fact intentionally skipped to avoid confusion, or at least to rectify it.” (Tcpipguide.com, 2014) If you consider just how much the internet has grown over the years you will notice that IPv4 has done its job very well, however as discussed it has been apparent for many years now that the limitation of IPv4 would be reached. This is where IPv6 comes into play. IP play such a
name that other computers use to identify one another in a network. Internet protocol is
Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) IPv4 is a connectionless protocol for use on packet-switched networks. It is the fourth version of the Internet Protocol (IP), that is one of the core protocols of standards-based internetworking methods in the Internet. It was the first version deployed for production in the ARPANET in 1983. It still used to routing most Internet traffic today, eventhough we have the next version of it,IPv6.
When setting up a network that will consist of many host computers, one of the first things that an administrator must do is to determine what class of networks that they must administer to a given business. This is the point where every administrator must know how to implement classful and classless IP addressing. A classful network is a network addressing architecture used in the internet from 1981 until the introduction of Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) in 1993. Classful IP addressing divides the addtess space on the internet into five address classes. Each class is coded in the first four bits of the address. Today
4. Which feature is an integral part of IPv6, where as it was an optional feature under IPv4? IPSec
IP addresses can be used by more than one system, reducing the total number of IP addresses needed. This conservation of addresses is important because the Internet is quickly running out of IPv4 addresses. Although a particular IP address can be used by only one system at a time, many enduser systems require addresses only occasionally, when they connect to the Internet. By reusing IP addresses, DHCP lengthens the life of the IPv4 protocol. DHCP applies to IPv4 only, as IPv6 forces systems to configure their IP addresses automatically (called autoconfiguration) when they connect to a network (page 373).
7. Describe the difference between public and private IP addresses. If a network is using
“Network numbers and subnet numbers represent a group of addresses that begin with the same prefix. In which of the groups in [the] routing
The world of technology is dynamic. Technology has been revolutionized to its current status of industry four. This has seen various changes in the information technology, in the previous time the Internet Protocol 4 (IPV 4) was used to identify the IP address. Times have changes leading to the development of IPV 6 which can handle multiple addresses at a time. The IPV 6 handles 3.4 x 1038 addresses at a single time. This recommendable since the world has evolved to use of digital systems that require IP addresses every time. This paper explains the effects of technology developments, benefits and the flaws involved. The development of technology has been used in various industrial fields that include, industrial production, aquatic study, and research, smart lighting among others.
Here you can see that I have designed my own IP addressing scheme from class C 197.120.45.0 that has been sub netted using Variable Subnet Masks, which you can see that I have created a table for each Hosts and IP address/Subnet masks.
Over the last several years, the Internet has become a central location where people are able to learn about new ideas and more effectively communicate with one another. What makes everything work is the basic infrastructure that is utilized to allow them to transmit data instantaneously. To fully understand the way this is achieved requires focusing on: packets / routers, IP addresses and the advantages of private / public IP addresses. Together, these elements will highlight how they work in conjunction with each other to connect various electronic devices to a host of platforms. (Parson, 2010) (Wyld, 2011)
Class A addresses are assigned to networks with a very large number of hosts. The high-order bit in a class A address is always set to zero. The next seven bits (completing the first octet) complete the network ID. The remaining 24 bits (the last three octets) represent the host ID. This allows for 126 networks and 16,777,214 hosts per network. Figure 7.1 illustrates the structure of class A addresses. The range of IP addresses is 0 to 127.
· IPv4: 199,168 addresses allocated, less than 0.05% of the world total, 92.0 addresses per 1000 people (2012).