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paralizer
2007-03-03, 12:40 AM CST
Can someone please tell me what is the difference betwean ipv4 and ipv6? I have read on the internet that there are no big differences, but I would like to know what is the adventage of using ipv4 or ipv6? I'm asking this because I have installed new kernel from kernel.org and I did not includes ipv6 support in this kernel. And now when I'm booting my system I'm getting the following warning 'CRITICAL ipv6 is not compiled/included in the kernel' so is it save to ignore this warning and continue using ipv4 or i should also install ipv6? Also to mention that my machine and network are working with no problem.

Thanks.

Seve
2007-03-03, 08:10 AM CST
Hello:
This seems to explain it rather well:
http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,290660,sid26_gci212389,00.html

Seve