2.5 IPv4 and IPv6

Question 1

___ is now part of all major operating systems and the backbone of our Internet infrastructure

Answer 1

IPv6

Question 2

What does IPv4 stand for?

Answer 2

Internet Protocol version 4

Question 3

What OSI layer is IPv4?

Answer 3

OSI layer 3 address

Question 4

How many bits are IPv6 addresses?

Answer 4

128 bits //2 octets each section (16 bits)//8 sections

(16 bytes)

Question 5

How many addresses are available for IPv6?

Answer 5

340 undecillion

(6.8 billion people could each have 5 bajillion addresses)

Question 6

For IPv4, every device needs….?

Answer 6

a unique IP address

Question 7

What is a subnet mask used by? To do what?

Answer 7

Used by the local device to determine its subnet

Question 8

Is the subnet mask usually transmitted across the network?

Answer 8

Not usually

Question 9

What is a default gateway? What does it allow you to do?

Answer 9

the router that allows you to communicate outside of your local subnet

192.168.1.1.

Question 10

The default gateway must be….?

Answer 10

must be an IP address on the local subnet

Question 11

You configure how many DNS servers in your IP configuration?

Answer 11

2 (because it’s important)

Question 12

How many bits are in an IPv4 address?

Answer 12

32 bits//4 octets

(4 bytes)

Question 13

How do you shrink this IPv6 address?

fe80:0000:0000:0000:5d18:0652:cffd:8f52

Answer 13

fe80::5d18:652:cffd:8f52