RFC 4291:IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
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IPv4 and IPv6


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... 3. An alternative form that is sometimes more convenient when dealing with a mixed environment of IPv4 and IPv6 nodes is x:x:x:x:x:x:d.d.d.d, where the 'x's are the hexadecimal values of ...



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