What is IPv6?

IPv6 will make use of 128-bit IP addresses. In this scheme, an IP address will consist of eight sections, each containing a 16-bit value. The number of IP addresses possible with this scheme is equal to the IPv4 address space squared, twice.

The general syntax for the new IP addresses is to have the values of the IP address separated by colons. For example:

1080:0:0:0:8:800:200C:417A