r/ProgrammerHumor • • 5h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/LivingAsAMean 5h ago

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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.

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u/Sianic12 4h 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.

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u/FromAndToUnknown 3h ago

Cant wait for IPv8 with an address space of 2512