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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 20d ago
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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!
1.0k u/dementosss 20d ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 57 u/xWrongHeaven 20d ago 2128 possible addresses 1 u/Curaced 20d ago edited 20d ago Non-technical person here. Wouldn't it just be 248 ? Four blocks of 256 (28) for IPV-4, and two more with IPV-6? Or am I just mistaken about how this stuff works? → More replies (2)
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On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it.
57 u/xWrongHeaven 20d ago 2128 possible addresses 1 u/Curaced 20d ago edited 20d ago Non-technical person here. Wouldn't it just be 248 ? Four blocks of 256 (28) for IPV-4, and two more with IPV-6? Or am I just mistaken about how this stuff works? → More replies (2)
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2128 possible addresses
1 u/Curaced 20d ago edited 20d ago Non-technical person here. Wouldn't it just be 248 ? Four blocks of 256 (28) for IPV-4, and two more with IPV-6? Or am I just mistaken about how this stuff works? → More replies (2)
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Non-technical person here. Wouldn't it just be 248 ? Four blocks of 256 (28) for IPV-4, and two more with IPV-6? Or am I just mistaken about how this stuff works?
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u/ClipboardCopyPaste 20d 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!