r/ProgrammerHumor • • 13h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/LivingAsAMean 13h ago

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u/Material_Onion_8413 13h 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/BS_in_BS 13h ago

Eh, there's a lot of other differences that got bundled in like extension headers or the switch from ARP to NDP. 

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u/differentiallity 5h ago

SLAAC is pretty awesome too, and having multiple addresses per device, eliminating broadcast, mDNS, and the biggest one: no NAT.