Ipv4 is the current version of IP protocols.  Ipv6 is a new addressing
scheme and protocol.  It has a 128 bit address space instead of the
current 32 bits.  It's eventually going to replace Ipv4.  But first
there is going to be a rather lengthy transition period.  Microsoft is
working on a IPv6 protocol stack for it's NT products, and Linux has
IPv6 in the 2.1.x series kernels.  IPv6 also has some features that are
going to be more multicast friendly, and will allow for prioritizing of
packets.

Hope this helps clear things up somewhat.

-Matt

Gabe wrote:
> 
> I hope I don't sound clueless, but what exactly is IPv6 and IPv4?  How would
> we benifit from running either of these.. thanks for any info..
> 
> Gabe
>
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