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ip6 Packet Headers

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@ -37,6 +37,17 @@ Have 3 different forms:
\wikicommons{Ipv6_header}
\begin{enumerate}
\item Version -- 1-byte field containing '6'.
\item Traffic Class -- 2-bytes hex notation for traffic class.
\item Flow label -- 5-bytes.
\item Payload length -- 4-bytes unsigned integer, which is the rest of the packet that follows the IPv6 header, in octets.
\item Next header -- 4-bytes selector. Identifies the type of header that immediately follows the IPv6 header. Uses the same values as the IPv4 protocol field.
\item Hop limit -- 32-bytes unsigned integer. Decremented by one by each node that forwards the packet. The packet is discarded if the hop limit is decremented to zero.
\item Source address -- 32-bytes.
\item Destination address -- 32-bytes. The intended recipient is not necessarily the recipient if an optional routing header is present.
\end{enumerate}
\subsection{Address Types}
\begin{itemize}