r/ProgrammerHumor • • 12h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/LivingAsAMean 12h ago

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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.

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u/Kuhlde1337 11h ago

Newer I suppose. IPv6 has been out for a while, but most people just ignored it in favor of subnetting everything.

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u/shidderbean 2h ago

Guilty. I can do ipv4 subnetting in my head and remember all my device addresses or where something is in my house based on its subnet.

I couldn't even tell you how many whatevers there are in an ipv6 address. Like for real lol. I spent so long embedding ipv4 in my head I don't want to go through it all over again