What name do you give to a section of and IPv6 address??

Started by icecream-guy, June 04, 2015, 09:56:48 AM

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icecream-guy

June 04, 2015, 09:56:48 AM
in IPv4 we call them octets,  in IPv6, what do we call them?

2002:CODE:BAD:COW::DEED

The stuff between the colons
e.g. BAD  or  CODE

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deanwebb

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June 04, 2015, 10:46:22 AM
Quadtets?
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NetworkGroover

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June 04, 2015, 12:12:23 PM
DEAD:BEEF

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wintermute000

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June 04, 2015, 08:06:21 PM
i thought it was still octets?

NetworkGroover

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June 04, 2015, 11:55:49 PM
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Reggle

#6
June 05, 2015, 06:57:19 AM
Sedets. But hextets sounds better now.

icecream-guy

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June 05, 2015, 07:57:25 AM
here's the original article I found when searching
http://etherealmind.com/naming-ipv6-address-part-vote/
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