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Why was IPv6 invented? (1 point)

to increase the security of IP addresses

to distinguish IP addresses from MAC addresses

because we would have run out of IP addresses

to meet the needs of new technologies like 4G networks

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Answered by GPT-4o mini
IPv6 was invented primarily **because we would have run out of IP addresses**. The rapid growth of the internet and the increasing number of devices needing unique IP addresses highlighted the limitations of the IPv4 addressing scheme. IPv6 was developed to provide a vastly larger address space, accommodating the continued expansion of the internet.
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