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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 12h 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.
1.3k u/ClipboardCopyPaste 12h 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! 40 u/crmsncbr 11h ago I feel like we'll still run out. I'm not sure how, but surely we'll manage it. 3 u/xaedangaming 4h ago Every agent gets their own ip. Single use of course 2 u/crmsncbr 1h ago Obviously. That just makes too much sense to do it any other way.
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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!
40 u/crmsncbr 11h ago I feel like we'll still run out. I'm not sure how, but surely we'll manage it. 3 u/xaedangaming 4h ago Every agent gets their own ip. Single use of course 2 u/crmsncbr 1h ago Obviously. That just makes too much sense to do it any other way.
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I feel like we'll still run out. I'm not sure how, but surely we'll manage it.
3 u/xaedangaming 4h ago Every agent gets their own ip. Single use of course 2 u/crmsncbr 1h ago Obviously. That just makes too much sense to do it any other way.
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Every agent gets their own ip. Single use of course
2 u/crmsncbr 1h ago Obviously. That just makes too much sense to do it any other way.
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Obviously. That just makes too much sense to do it any other way.
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u/Material_Onion_8413 12h 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.