[NAT] allows devices on a private network to share a single IP address, and is present in almost all home routers IPv4 is here to stay, but expect IPv6 adoption to continue Ultimately, it's ...

IPv6 uses RA (Router Advertisement ... the Internet without needing an intermediate WAN IP address like in the IPv4 system. However, a stateful firewall is still necessary for security.

When it comes to home networking, many of us just rely on what the router or ISP gives us. IPv4 has been around for decades, ...

It needs to know where at least one router on the network ... to send messages to it. In IPv4, these functions are all handled by different protocols, but in IPv6 they have been consolidated ...