How to Configure IPv6 Network on CentOS/RHEL 8 | Linux Today

How to Configure IPv6 Network on CentOS/RHEL 8

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May 12, 2020

IPv6 addressing was developed in anticipation of depletion of the IPv4 addresses. It is meant to solve the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses through the use of a much wider network addressing space. An IPv6 address is a 128-bit number comprising 8 colon-separated groups each made up of 4 hexadecimal numbers.

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