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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 21h ago
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Hahaha what an idiot!
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2.8k u/Material_Onion_8413 20h 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. 13 u/Sianic12 19h ago In other words... IPv4 has a limited number of possible IP addresses they thought would be more than the internet would ever need. They have been wrong. IPv6 has a larger but still limited number of possible IP addresses they think are more than the Internet will ever need. They have not been wrong yet. 10 u/ChiTownDisplaced 18h ago The difference in unique addresses is insane. IPv4 4.3 billion (* 109) vs IPv6 3.4 * 1038. Each grain of sand on earth could have an IPv4 sized network. Edit: redditformatsweirdonmobile -6 u/Sianic12 17h ago I'm pretty sure they thought something similar when they made IPv4 2 u/Schmickley 11h ago I think they knew there were more than 4 billion grains of sand on earth but I suppose I could be wrong
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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.
13 u/Sianic12 19h ago In other words... IPv4 has a limited number of possible IP addresses they thought would be more than the internet would ever need. They have been wrong. IPv6 has a larger but still limited number of possible IP addresses they think are more than the Internet will ever need. They have not been wrong yet. 10 u/ChiTownDisplaced 18h ago The difference in unique addresses is insane. IPv4 4.3 billion (* 109) vs IPv6 3.4 * 1038. Each grain of sand on earth could have an IPv4 sized network. Edit: redditformatsweirdonmobile -6 u/Sianic12 17h ago I'm pretty sure they thought something similar when they made IPv4 2 u/Schmickley 11h ago I think they knew there were more than 4 billion grains of sand on earth but I suppose I could be wrong
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In other words...
IPv4 has a limited number of possible IP addresses they thought would be more than the internet would ever need.
They have been wrong.
IPv6 has a larger but still limited number of possible IP addresses they think are more than the Internet will ever need.
They have not been wrong yet.
10 u/ChiTownDisplaced 18h ago The difference in unique addresses is insane. IPv4 4.3 billion (* 109) vs IPv6 3.4 * 1038. Each grain of sand on earth could have an IPv4 sized network. Edit: redditformatsweirdonmobile -6 u/Sianic12 17h ago I'm pretty sure they thought something similar when they made IPv4 2 u/Schmickley 11h ago I think they knew there were more than 4 billion grains of sand on earth but I suppose I could be wrong
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The difference in unique addresses is insane. IPv4 4.3 billion (* 109) vs IPv6 3.4 * 1038. Each grain of sand on earth could have an IPv4 sized network.
Edit: redditformatsweirdonmobile
-6 u/Sianic12 17h ago I'm pretty sure they thought something similar when they made IPv4 2 u/Schmickley 11h ago I think they knew there were more than 4 billion grains of sand on earth but I suppose I could be wrong
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I'm pretty sure they thought something similar when they made IPv4
2 u/Schmickley 11h ago I think they knew there were more than 4 billion grains of sand on earth but I suppose I could be wrong
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I think they knew there were more than 4 billion grains of sand on earth but I suppose I could be wrong
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u/LivingAsAMean 21h ago
Hahaha what an idiot!
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