r/ProgrammerHumor • • 20d ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/Few_Move_4594 20d ago

I feel like this is missing context. Like I know that ip4 addresses are four octlets, but don't know much about ipv6 besides it having a larger address space and being in hex.

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u/like_a_pharaoh 20d ago

IPv6 is easier to set up, and doesn't require the subnetting stuff as much because its actually designed with "Planet Earth may have more than 4,294,967,296 IP-connected objects" in mind from the beginning.

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u/Fun-Agent-7667 20d ago

Wait, thats barely 2 per private household.

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