Minimal bytes required in IPv4 header are 20 i.e. 20 bytes are mandatory. And total bytes in IPv4 header are 60.
The IPv4 header consists of 24 bytes
20 bytes
maximum size is 512 bytes without header
Simplified header format. IPv6 has a fixed length header, which does not include most of the options an IPv4 header can include. Even though the IPv6 header contains two 128 bit addresses (source and destination IP address) the whole header has a fixed length of 40 bytes only. This allows for faster processing. Options are dealt with in extension headers, which are only inserted after the IPv6 header if needed. So for instance if a packet needs to be fragmented, the fragmentation header is inserted after the IPv6 header. The basic set of extension headers is defined in RFC 2460.
14 bytes for the header and 4 bytes for the FCS (Frame Check Sequence) for a total of 18 bytes.
IPv4 addresses are 4 bytes. IPv6 IP addresses are 16 bytes.
The size of an IPv4 address is 32 bits, or 4 bytes.
Header is always a multiple of 4bytes and so we can have a maximum length of the field as 15, so maximum size of the header is 60 bytes out of which 20 bytes are mandatory.
4th longword (bytes 13-16)
maximum size is 512 bytes without header
Simplified header format. IPv6 has a fixed length header, which does not include most of the options an IPv4 header can include. Even though the IPv6 header contains two 128 bit addresses (source and destination IP address) the whole header has a fixed length of 40 bytes only. This allows for faster processing. Options are dealt with in extension headers, which are only inserted after the IPv6 header if needed. So for instance if a packet needs to be fragmented, the fragmentation header is inserted after the IPv6 header. The basic set of extension headers is defined in RFC 2460.
14 bytes for the header and 4 bytes for the FCS (Frame Check Sequence) for a total of 18 bytes.
Total number of bytes in the datagram, including the header.The length of an IP datagram itself is technically measured in bytes. The length field represents the size of both the header and the data portions of the datagram.
IPv4 addresses are 4 bytes. IPv6 IP addresses are 16 bytes.
The size of an IPv4 address is 32 bits, or 4 bytes.
8 bytes
In case of IPv4, the address has 4 bytes. In case of IPv6, the address has 16 bytes.
differentiated services
60 bytes out of which 20 bytes are mandatory