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A lot of technical folks are saying it’s a large upgrade for networking.

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[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 months ago

IPv4 is 256^4 distinct addresses.

IPv6 is 256^6 distinct addresses.

For every address in IPv4, there are over 64,000 addresses in IPv6. So we won't run out of address space for... well, a long-ass time.

[-] e0qdk@reddthat.com 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Small correction: IPv6 has 16 bytes for an address -- not 6 -- so, the address space is actually way way bigger than that!

Edit: Muphry's law strikes again. :p

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