IPv6 stands for Internet protocol version 6. An IPv6
address consists of eight groups of four hexadecimal digits. Anexample
of IPv6 address is as follows 3001:0da8:75a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334
there
are different ypes of IPv6 addresses:
- Unicast addresses—it
identifies a unique node on a network and usually refers to a single
sender or a single receiver.
- Multicast addresses—it represents a group of IP devices and
can only be used as the destination of a datagram.
- Anycast addresses—it is assigned to a set of interfaces that
typically belong to different nodes.