IPv6 (redirect from IPv4 mapped address)
used with IPv4-mapped addresses. Some common IPv6 stacks do not implement the IPv4-mapped address feature, either because the IPv6 and IPv4 stacks are...
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transmit IPv4 or IPv6 datagram, based on the binding to an IPv6 address, or an IPv4-mapped address. ::ffff:0:0:0/96 — A prefix used for IPv4-translated...
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Some large /8 blocks of IPv4 addresses, the former Class A network blocks, are assigned in whole to single organizations or related groups of organizations...
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communication. IP addresses serve two main functions: network interface identification, and location addressing. Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) defines an...
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Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for special purposes. IPv4 designates special usage or applications for various addresses or address blocks: IPv6 assigns...
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Carrier-grade NAT (category IPv4)
known as large-scale NAT (LSN), is a type of network address translation (NAT) used by ISPs in IPv4 network design. With CGNAT, end sites, in particular...
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3 for OSI) for Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) or Version 6 (IPv6) multicast. IPv4 multicast addresses are defined by the most-significant bit pattern...
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NAT64 (redirect from IPv4-embedded IPv6 address)
communication between IPv6 and IPv4 hosts by using a form of network address translation (NAT). The NAT64 gateway is a translator between IPv4 and IPv6 protocols...
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the network's address space. It has become a popular and essential tool in conserving global address space in the face of IPv4 address exhaustion. One...
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Localhost (redirect from Loopback address)
of localhost to the loopback addresses (127.0.0.1 and ::1), localhost may also be mapped to other IPv4 (loopback) addresses and it is also possible to assign...
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