- How large (in bytes) are the headers?
The header of Ipv4 is 20 to 60 bytes and
of Ipv6 is 36 bytes long.
- How many different info fields to the headers include?
Ipv4 has 14 fields and Ipv6
has 8 fields.
- The "hop limit" field in IPv6 can be compared to which field in IPv4?
It can compared to the
filed Time to live.
- What is the purpose of the "flow label" field?
A flow is a sequence of
packets that are sent from a particular source to a particular, unicast or
multicast, destination. Quality of Service.
- What is fragmentation in IPv4? Is there a similar mechanism in IPv6?
With the IP-Fragmentation
you can split the IP-data packet.
In Ipv6 IP- Fragmentation is not allowed.
