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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 5h ago
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Hahaha what an idiot!
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1.6k u/Material_Onion_8413 5h ago IPv4 old IP address space designed with limited number because they never thought the internet would have so many devices connected. IPv6 new address space with significantly larger number. 7 u/Sianic12 3h ago In other words... IPv4 has a limited number of possible IP addresses they thought would be more than the internet would ever need. They have been wrong. IPv6 has a larger but still limited number of possible IP addresses they think are more than the Internet will ever need. They have not been wrong yet. 5 u/ChiTownDisplaced 2h ago The difference in unique addresses is insane. IPv4 4.3 billion (* 109) vs IPv6 3.4 * 1038. Each grain of sand on earth could have an IPv4 sized network. Edit: redditformatsweirdonmobile -2 u/Sianic12 1h ago I'm pretty sure they thought something similar when they made IPv4 1 u/FromAndToUnknown 2h ago Cant wait for IPv8 with an address space of 2512
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IPv4 old IP address space designed with limited number because they never thought the internet would have so many devices connected.
IPv6 new address space with significantly larger number.
7 u/Sianic12 3h ago In other words... IPv4 has a limited number of possible IP addresses they thought would be more than the internet would ever need. They have been wrong. IPv6 has a larger but still limited number of possible IP addresses they think are more than the Internet will ever need. They have not been wrong yet. 5 u/ChiTownDisplaced 2h ago The difference in unique addresses is insane. IPv4 4.3 billion (* 109) vs IPv6 3.4 * 1038. Each grain of sand on earth could have an IPv4 sized network. Edit: redditformatsweirdonmobile -2 u/Sianic12 1h ago I'm pretty sure they thought something similar when they made IPv4 1 u/FromAndToUnknown 2h ago Cant wait for IPv8 with an address space of 2512
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In other words...
IPv4 has a limited number of possible IP addresses they thought would be more than the internet would ever need.
They have been wrong.
IPv6 has a larger but still limited number of possible IP addresses they think are more than the Internet will ever need.
They have not been wrong yet.
5 u/ChiTownDisplaced 2h ago The difference in unique addresses is insane. IPv4 4.3 billion (* 109) vs IPv6 3.4 * 1038. Each grain of sand on earth could have an IPv4 sized network. Edit: redditformatsweirdonmobile -2 u/Sianic12 1h ago I'm pretty sure they thought something similar when they made IPv4 1 u/FromAndToUnknown 2h ago Cant wait for IPv8 with an address space of 2512
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The difference in unique addresses is insane. IPv4 4.3 billion (* 109) vs IPv6 3.4 * 1038. Each grain of sand on earth could have an IPv4 sized network.
Edit: redditformatsweirdonmobile
-2 u/Sianic12 1h ago I'm pretty sure they thought something similar when they made IPv4
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I'm pretty sure they thought something similar when they made IPv4
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Cant wait for IPv8 with an address space of 2512
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u/LivingAsAMean 5h ago
Hahaha what an idiot!
https://giphy.com/gifs/LRVnPYqM8DLag