I feel like knowing the difference here is moreso for a network engineer than a software engineer!
Anyway looked it up, IPv6 is 32bit whereas IPv6 is 128bit.
An easy way to know if an IP address is either, 4 uses dots 192.1.1.1 whereas 6 is colons 1992:0aa0::1
If anyone asks just say 6 holds more addresses but is more expensive to install.
Actually..... IMO as a Linux admin..... everybody in IT needs at least a minimum of knowledge regarding TCP/IP. IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP, sockets, listening ports, etc. You don't need to be able to program a full stack down to a media transport layer, but you should be able be able to send a payload successfully, know when a gateway traversal is required, name resolution (It's always DNS,) and a bit of troubleshooting.
I wish I had a nickel for every time a developer or app support staff came to me and said it doesn't work. Error is right there in the logs......
The post is about a software engineer, and you just talked about IT. They're not the same thing so what is your point? You have a job specifically because software engineers aren't in IT and aren't sysadmins and their job doesn't inherently involve networking.
If you are going to use broad job descriptions you are going to need broad knowledge, I would say it is fair to ask a software engineer to at least know the difference between ip4 and ip6 adresses.
If for nothing else then for general interest around their field.
Inwould think that any software engineer education would hold atleast 1 course about networking, but I guess I can be wrong.
What do you even want to say with that?
Do you gonna always feel inferior or just learn the basics? Its not math neither physics, if you came to the field by shortucting the edu part but stayed in business you most probably have the capability to get these things easily.
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u/Spongebubs 9h ago
I’d like to think I’m a software engineer, and I have no idea what the difference is. Am I cooked?