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Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the newer version of the Internet Protocol (IP). It was initially expected to replace IPv4 in a short enough time, but for now, it seems that these two versions will coexist on the Internet in foreseeable future. Nevertheless, IPv6 becomes more important, as the date of the unallocated IPv4 address pool's exhaustion approaches.

Computer networks consist of many different components and protocols working together. To understand the concept of how node to node communication happens, let's get familiar to the OSI model and TCP/IP model. Both models help to visualize how communication between nodes is happening.