Ko IPv6 te hua o te maha o nga tau o te whakamātautau me te korerorero i roto i nei i whakaarohia ngā tauira kawa rerekē, pērā i TP / IX (RFC 1475), PIP (RFC 1621) me TUBA (TCP me UDP ki Bigger Wāhitau, RFC 1347). Ko tona rerekētanga tino nui i te putanga 4 ko te rahi o te wāhitau. Ahakoa whakamahi IPv4 32 moka mō te wāhitau, yielding c. 4.3 piriona (4.3 × 109) wāhitau, IPv6 whakamahi wāhitau 128-puka whakarato e pā ana ki 340 undecillion, ranei 3.4 × 1038 wāhitau. Ahakoa kua āta, rite o Pipiri 2008, kua whakaatu pūnaha kāwanatanga katoa o te United States tautoko taketake mō te IPv6.
Ko te IPv6