Comments on: LFCA: Learn Basics of Network IP Addressing – Part 9 https://www.tecmint.com/basics-of-ip-addressing/ Tecmint - Linux Howtos, Tutorials, Guides, News, Tips and Tricks. Fri, 16 Apr 2021 06:21:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jalal https://www.tecmint.com/basics-of-ip-addressing/comment-page-1/#comment-1476868 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 06:21:39 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=42201#comment-1476868 Hi,
Thanks a lot..

]]> By: Kyle https://www.tecmint.com/basics-of-ip-addressing/comment-page-1/#comment-1476101 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:22:09 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=42201#comment-1476101 As per RFC 3513 section 2.2 bullet point 2, you cannot shorten an IPv6 address with 2 sets of double colons. double colons are only allowed once so your example above:

2041:130f::3f5d::875a:154b

would be incorrect
2041:130f:0:3f5d::875a:154b would be the correct abbreviated form of the address to comply with the aforementioned RFC

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