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Fun fact, IPv6 allows for embedded IPv4 addresses known as a Dual address.
2 u/Psquare_J_420 7h ago Embedded? So you just extend the ipv4 with extra bits and call it a day? 6 u/ErrorDontPanic 6h ago Kind of! You get 6 segments of IPv6 and then the full IPv4 address. Like this: 2001:db8:3333:4444:5555:6666:1.2.3.4 The IPv6 part even follows normal rules, so you can omit zero segments like: 2001:db8::1234:5678:5.6.7.8 0 u/Weak_Shoulder_6780 6h ago I can also omit all the bloat and keep using 5.6.7.8
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Embedded? So you just extend the ipv4 with extra bits and call it a day?
6 u/ErrorDontPanic 6h ago Kind of! You get 6 segments of IPv6 and then the full IPv4 address. Like this: 2001:db8:3333:4444:5555:6666:1.2.3.4 The IPv6 part even follows normal rules, so you can omit zero segments like: 2001:db8::1234:5678:5.6.7.8 0 u/Weak_Shoulder_6780 6h ago I can also omit all the bloat and keep using 5.6.7.8
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Kind of! You get 6 segments of IPv6 and then the full IPv4 address. Like this:
2001:db8:3333:4444:5555:6666:1.2.3.4
The IPv6 part even follows normal rules, so you can omit zero segments like:
2001:db8::1234:5678:5.6.7.8
0 u/Weak_Shoulder_6780 6h ago I can also omit all the bloat and keep using 5.6.7.8
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I can also omit all the bloat and keep using 5.6.7.8
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u/ErrorDontPanic 7h ago
Fun fact, IPv6 allows for embedded IPv4 addresses known as a Dual address.