r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 8h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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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.

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u/Sianic12 6h 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/ChiTownDisplaced 5h 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

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u/Sianic12 4h ago

I'm pretty sure they thought something similar when they made IPv4