CS610 Computer Networks Assignment 5 Solution by VUsolutions

A: Show the shortest form of the following IPV6 address: 2340:1ABC:119A:A000:0000:0000:0000:0000

ANSWER:

shortest from of this IPV6 address is:

2340:1ABC: 119A: A000::


B: Show the original (unabbreviated) form of the following IPV6 address: 0:AA::0

ANSWER:

The total character in this IP address is 39.

0000:00AA:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000


C: In IP datagram header format, what is the value of the data field given H.LEN value of 12 and TOTAL LENGTH value of 40,000?

ANSWER:

Total length value of 40,000

The value of Data field = 40,000 - (12 * 4) = 39,952


D: What are the main advantages of IPV6 over IPV4?

ANSWER:

All fields fixed length, options are replaced by extension headers.

No fragmentation

Your IPv4 address is an IPv6 address Easy to set up But no DNS still a tunnel, so performance sucks

IPv6 has a huge number of transition strategies.

Better header format header of IPv6 has been designed in a way to speed-up the routing process.

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