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Routing table were getting too large

IPv6 deals with these and many other issues: 128 bit address space

Each computer can have it's own globally routable address

packet sent to a unicast address arrives exactly at the interface belonging to the address.

Smaller routing tables

Background on IPv6 Addresses There are different types of IPv6 addresses: Unicast, Anycast and Multicast.

Unicast

no need for NAT in IPv6

Anycast addresses may only be used by routers.

Anycast

Multicast

will arrive at all interfaces belonging to the multicast group.

Reading IPv6 Addresses

8 hexquad

third form

autoconfigured link-local address

Special IPv6 address ranges

fe80::/10

fe80:: 10 link-local Unroutable autoconfigured addresses used on a LAN, e.g. for DHCPv6

Tunneled IPv6

tunnel your IPv6 traffic to a compatible relay somewhere