What are the characteristics of IPv4 and IPv6 protocols?

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What are the characteristics of IPv4 and IPv6 protocols?

  • IPv6 packets are not fragmented by routers, unlike IPv4 packets
  • Both IP versions use the same checksum calculation
  • Only IPv4 has a counter field to limit the lifetime of a packet on a network
  • Both IP versions have the same size of header, but with different fields

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