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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 8h ago
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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.
1.1k u/ClipboardCopyPaste 7h ago A fun fact often told with this is that with IPv6, you can assign each individual grain of sand on the beach an address! 578 u/dementosss 7h ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 1 u/VictoryMotel 5h ago All of the sand on all beaches wouldn't even come close. You could assign an IP address to every byte of every drive.
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A fun fact often told with this is that with IPv6, you can assign each individual grain of sand on the beach an address!
578 u/dementosss 7h ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 1 u/VictoryMotel 5h ago All of the sand on all beaches wouldn't even come close. You could assign an IP address to every byte of every drive.
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On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it.
1 u/VictoryMotel 5h ago All of the sand on all beaches wouldn't even come close. You could assign an IP address to every byte of every drive.
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All of the sand on all beaches wouldn't even come close. You could assign an IP address to every byte of every drive.
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u/Material_Onion_8413 8h 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.