Internet Protocol version 6

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Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the modern Internet addressing and routing protocol designed to replace IPv4 by providing a vastly larger address space and improved network efficiency and security features.

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AI-generated illustration of Internet Protocol version 6

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Internet Protocol version 6 (Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the modern Internet addressing and routing protocol designed to replace IPv4 by providing a vastly larger address space and improved network efficiency and security features.)

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Internet Protocol ⓘ
communication protocol ⓘ
network protocol ⓘ
addressLength 128 bits ⓘ
addressSpaceSize 2^128 addresses ⓘ
alsoKnownAs IPv4 successor ⓘ
IPv6 ⓘ
definedIn RFC 2460 ⓘ
RFC 8200 ⓘ
hasAddressScope global unicast ⓘ
link-local ⓘ
unique local ⓘ
hasAddressType anycast address ⓘ
multicast address ⓘ
unicast address ⓘ
hasDeployment enterprise networks ⓘ
global Internet ⓘ
mobile networks ⓘ
hasDesignGoal better support for QoS ⓘ
improved routing efficiency ⓘ
improved security ⓘ
larger address space ⓘ
simplified header format ⓘ
headerField destination address ⓘ
flow label ⓘ
hop limit ⓘ
next header ⓘ
payload length ⓘ
source address ⓘ
traffic class ⓘ
version ⓘ
headerSize fixed 40 bytes (without extension headers) ⓘ
improvesOn address space size of IPv4 ⓘ
header processing efficiency of IPv4 ⓘ
support for mobility compared to IPv4 ⓘ
support for multicast compared to IPv4 ⓘ
layer network layer ⓘ
motivation IPv4 address exhaustion ⓘ
need for end-to-end connectivity ⓘ
need for scalable routing ⓘ
OSIModelLayer Layer 3 ⓘ
partOf Internet protocol suite ⓘ
linked to: TCP/IP
publicationDate 1998 ⓘ
replaces Internet Protocol version 4 ⓘ
linked to: IPv4
securityProperty IPsec mandatory to implement ⓘ
standardizedBy Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ
supportsFeature IPsec ⓘ
anycast addressing ⓘ
extension headers ⓘ
flow labeling ⓘ
link-local addressing ⓘ
multicast addressing ⓘ
neighbor discovery protocol ⓘ
path MTU discovery ⓘ
stateful address configuration ⓘ
stateless address autoconfiguration ⓘ
supportsRoutingProtocol BGP-4+ ⓘ
IS-IS for IPv6 ⓘ
OSPFv3 ⓘ
updatedSpecificationDate 2017 ⓘ
usesAddressNotation colon-separated notation ⓘ
hexadecimal ⓘ
usesMechanism duplicate address detection ⓘ
link-local address generation ⓘ
router advertisement ⓘ
router solicitation ⓘ
stateless address autoconfiguration ⓘ
usesTransitionMechanism 6to4 ⓘ
DS-Lite ⓘ
NAT64 ⓘ
Teredo ⓘ
dual stack ⓘ
translation ⓘ
tunneling ⓘ

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Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Internet Engineering Task Force → notableStandard → Internet Protocol version 6 ⓘ
IPv4 → successor → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC → defines → IPv6 ⓘ
subject linked to: RFCs
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 8200 → title → Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
Ethernet → encapsulatesProtocol → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 2460 → title → Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 2460 → protocolSpecified → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
Christian Huitema → fieldOfWork → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 5340 → definesProtocolFor → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 5340 → compatibleWith → IPv6 addressing architecture ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 6145 → relatedTo → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 2467 → concerns → Internet Protocol version 6 ⓘ
RFC 5338 → protocolFamily → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 2474 → appliesToProtocol → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
IPv6 Maintenance Working Group → focusesOn → Internet Protocol version 6 ⓘ
IPv6 Maintenance Working Group → relatedStandard → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
Spectrum Internet → supports → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
IP over InfiniBand → supports → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 1883 → title → Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 1883 → defines → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
IPng Working Group → abbreviation → IPng ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
IPng Working Group → standardized → Internet Protocol version 6 ⓘ
IPng Working Group → standardized → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
IPng Working Group → successorStandard → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 2406 → appliesTo → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 6081 → protocolFamily → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 6147 → relatedTo → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 2766 → appliesTo → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 7684 → relatedTo → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 5061 → definesFor → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 4291 → title → IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 4291 → relatedTo → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 4291 → appliesTo → Internet Protocol version 6 ⓘ
F. Baker → workFocus → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
I. van Beijnum → fieldOfWork → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
I. van Beijnum → writesAbout → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 6890 → concernsProtocol → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
VRRP → supports → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 6437 → relatedToProtocol → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
6LoWPAN → uses → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
IPv6 Working Group → relatedTo → Internet Protocol version 6 ⓘ
IPv6 Working Group → relatedStandard → Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 2472 → title → IP Version 6 over PPP ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 2472 → protocolFamily → IPv6 ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 2472 → defines → IPV6CP ⓘ
linked to: Internet Protocol version 6
RFC 2472 → networkLayer → Internet Protocol version 6 ⓘ