2 hex digits is 1 octet (or byte). On Feb 26, 2011, at 3:04 PM, Always Learning wrote: > > On Sat, 2011-02-26 at 20:58 +0000, sheraznaz at yahoo.com wrote: > >> IPv6 has twice (8) segments compared to IPv4 however each segment >> is 2 octets making IPv6 address space 4 times (128 bits) compared >> to IPv4 (32 bits). > > Oct... means 8. > > Each segment of an IP6 segment can contain 4 hexadecimal digits. > Hexadecimal means 0 to F. > > Are you sure 'octets' is correct? > > -- > > With best regards, > > Paul. > England, > EU. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos