What are the main advantages and disadvantages of IPv6, what are the major differences between IPv4 and IPv6?

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What are the main advantages and disadvantages of IPv6, what are the major differences between IPv4 and IPv6?
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Differences Between IPv4 and IPv6:

                                      IPv4                        IPv6
1. IPv4 has a 32-bit address length  1. IPv6 has a 128-bit address length
2. Supports Manual address configuration and DHCP 2. Supports Auto and  address renumbering
3. In IPv4 end-to-end, communication integrity 3. Not possible In IPv6 end-to-end, connection integrity is achieved.
4. Can generate 4.29 × 10^9 address space 4.  IPv6 address space is large enough to generate 3.4 × 10^38  address space
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