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IPv6 Addresses Address Space IPng addresses are 128-bits long and are identifier for interfaces and sets of Interfaced. There are three types of IPng addresses: Unicast- unicast addresses identify a single interface. Anycast- anicast addresses identify a set of interfaces. Multicast- multicast addresses identify a group of interfaces. There are no broadcast addresses in Ipv6, their function being superseded by multicast addresses. IPv6 address space- 2128 this is 296 times the size of the Ipv4 address space(232).