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Introduction
IPv6 is designed to overcome the
problems of IPv4[1]. The main goal is to
provide large address space. IPv6[2] include
useful features of IPv4 and drops some
features that are not praiseworthy. Following
are some changes from IPv4 to IPv6
• Increased Address Space : IPv6 use
128 bit address. Hence allowed
address.
• Destination Address: IPv6 address of
the intended recipient(s) of the
packet (128 bits).
Effects on ICMP