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IPv6 Address Structure

2001:0DB8:AC10:FE01:0000:0000:0000:0020

Network Prefix

Subnet ID

Interface ID

128 Bits, Expressed in Hex (Hexadecimal) with 3 parts

So 16 blocks of addresses can be handed out to different organizations

12

281 Trillion

Everyone

gets 16 blocks of addresses to sub divide their networks

65,536 subnets

And, whether you need them or not you get 16 Hex worth of address to use on network hosts in your network

18,446,744,073,709,552,000

281,474,976,710,656

Trillion

Quadrillion

Quintillion