Cloudflare Developers•9mo ago

IPV6 confusion

hey guys i have more characters left in my ipv6 but cloudflare only has 2606:4700:4700::1111 2606:4700:4700::1001 so what should i input?

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Erisa•9mo ago

the :: is ipv6 notation for "all zeroes" So in that UI enter 2606 : 4700 : 4700 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 1111

Erisa•9mo ago

If you don't want to visualise this yourself you can use an online tool like https://dnschecker.org/ipv6-expand.php

DNS Checker

IPv6 Expand - Expand IPv6 and Convert to Un-Compressed Form

IPv6 Expand tool converts the short or compressed form of IPv6 Address to a Full IPv6 Address. This tool adds empty octets and full notations to the compressed IPv6 Address in which they were removed, this process converts IP to its original form.

Erisa•9mo ago

Which gives smth like

Converted IPv6 for: 2606:4700:4700::1111
IPV6 Expanded (Shortened):    2606:4700:4700:0:0:0:0:1111
IPV6 Expanded:    2606:4700:4700:0000:0000:0000:0000:1111

Converted IPv6 for: 2606:4700:4700::1111
IPV6 Expanded (Shortened):    2606:4700:4700:0:0:0:0:1111
IPV6 Expanded:    2606:4700:4700:0000:0000:0000:0000:1111

@Ghost rider

Ghost riderOP•9mo ago

thanks for this yeah i never knew this

Erisa•9mo ago

No problem - I don't like when companies force data entry fields like this because it assumes you know how ipv6 works :)

Ghost riderOP•9mo ago

yes preach it

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