need to know the difference
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you could have googled that.
The main difference between IPv4 and IPv6 is the address size of IP addresses.
The IPv4 is a 32-bit address, whereas IPv6 is a 128-bit hexadecimal address.
IPv6 provides a large address space, and it contains a simple header as
compared to IPv4.3 Nov 2021
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Additional details for your inquiry, IPv4 provides an addressing capability of 4 or 5 billion addresses. The Internet Protocol version 6 or IPv6 is more advanced and has better features across the board compared to IPv4. IPv6 has the capability to provide a functionally infinite number of addresses.