diff --git a/networking_101.rst b/networking_101.rst index 62aa402..9972309 100644 --- a/networking_101.rst +++ b/networking_101.rst @@ -235,14 +235,20 @@ covered in later sections. IPv6 ---- -The Internet has experienced tremendous growth from its beginnings in research at universities to its use in ecommerce and other applications today. -As a result, more and more IPv4 addresses were given out to enable users to connect to the Internet. -However, despite the number of IPv4 addresses being a large number (4294967296), they are slowly running out. +The Internet has experienced tremendous growth from its beginnings in research +at universities to its use in ecommerce and other applications today. +As a result, more and more IPv4 addresses were given out to enable users to connect +to the Internet. +However, despite the number of IPv4 addresses being a large number (4294967296), they +are slowly running out. -Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) is the latest version of the Internet protocol which aims to address the IPv4 address exhausation problem. +Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) is the latest version of the Internet protocol +which aims to address the IPv4 address exhaustion problem. -Probably the most obvious difference of IPv6 to IPv4 is the representation of addresses. Unlike IPV4, IPv6 uses a hexadecimal format to represent a 128-bit address. -The format is grouped into a quartet separated by a colon. For example: +Probably the most obvious difference of IPv6 to IPv4 is the representation of addresses. +Unlike IPV4, IPv6 uses a hexadecimal format to represent a 128-bit address. The format is +grouped into a quartet separated by a colon. +For example: 3341:1112:AAAA:0001:4321:5876:CBAD:1234