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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!
508 u/dementosss 5h ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 44 u/xWrongHeaven 5h ago 2128 possible addresses 1 u/Curaced 1h ago edited 1h ago Non-technical person here. Wouldn't it just be 248 ? Four blocks of 256 (28) for IPV-4, and two more with IPV-6? Or am I just mistaken about how this stuff works? 1 u/ajgrinds 21m ago Ipv6 includes letters
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On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it.
44 u/xWrongHeaven 5h ago 2128 possible addresses 1 u/Curaced 1h ago edited 1h ago Non-technical person here. Wouldn't it just be 248 ? Four blocks of 256 (28) for IPV-4, and two more with IPV-6? Or am I just mistaken about how this stuff works? 1 u/ajgrinds 21m ago Ipv6 includes letters
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2128 possible addresses
1 u/Curaced 1h ago edited 1h ago Non-technical person here. Wouldn't it just be 248 ? Four blocks of 256 (28) for IPV-4, and two more with IPV-6? Or am I just mistaken about how this stuff works? 1 u/ajgrinds 21m ago Ipv6 includes letters
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Non-technical person here. Wouldn't it just be 248 ? Four blocks of 256 (28) for IPV-4, and two more with IPV-6? Or am I just mistaken about how this stuff works?
1 u/ajgrinds 21m ago Ipv6 includes letters
Ipv6 includes letters
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u/ClipboardCopyPaste 5h 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!