Which of these is a valid IPv6 address? Pick just one.
A) fe80::5d18:652:cffd:8f52
B) fe80::0122:8h4a:d00a:9011
C) fe80::1002:20b1::d22:cc9a
D) fe80:0000:0000:0000:4244:12ab:cfff:0112:6abb
E) Just throw together a lot of numbers and letters
The answer: A) fe80::5d18:652:cffd:8f52
IPv6 addresses are 128 bits, and represented with eight groups of four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons. Double colons are used to abbreviate groups of zeros, and leading zeros in a group can be removed. Hexadecimal values include the numbers 0 through 9, and the letters a through f. You can only have one set of double colons in a single IPv6 address.
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