Which of these would be a valid IPv6 address?
A) fe80::5d18::652:cffd:8f52
B) fe80::2231:7:a:8:2
C) fe80::230:h812:11:19
D) fe80:0000:0000:0000:5d18:0652:cffd:8f52:23ff
E) Put together any jumble of letters and numbers
The answer: B) fe80::2231:7:a:8:2
IPv6 addresses are summarized by collapsing the zero fields with one set of double colons. Another shortcut is dropping the leading zeros in a group. An IPv6 address consists of eight groups, with two bytes in each group.
The first answer, A) fe80::5d18::652:cffd:8f52, is not correct because of the use of two colon abbreviations. You can only use a single set of double-colons in an IPv6 address to designate a series of zero groups.
Answer C) would not be the correct answer because the value h is not used in hexadecimal. Hexadecimal characters would be the values 0 through 9, and a through f.
Answer D) is properly formatted, but the size of the address is two bytes too large.
Answer B) is the correct answer, and the unabbreviated IPv6 address would be fe80:0000:0000:2231:0007:000a:0008:0002.
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