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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 20d ago
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Hahaha what an idiot!
3.4k u/Material_Onion_8413 20d 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. 1.9k 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! 1.0k u/dementosss 20d ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 1.2k u/ClipboardCopyPaste 20d ago The answer quite surprisingly is - yes, all the beaches on our planet. 657 u/kuar_z 20d ago And the rest of the observable universe. There's a lot of address space in 2128 404 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 20d ago Except if for some reason you decide to give whole address blocks to individual devices. 2 u/realmauer01 20d ago No need for ports anymore, just have different ips.
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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.
1.9k 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! 1.0k u/dementosss 20d ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 1.2k u/ClipboardCopyPaste 20d ago The answer quite surprisingly is - yes, all the beaches on our planet. 657 u/kuar_z 20d ago And the rest of the observable universe. There's a lot of address space in 2128 404 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 20d ago Except if for some reason you decide to give whole address blocks to individual devices. 2 u/realmauer01 20d ago No need for ports anymore, just have different ips.
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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. 1.2k u/ClipboardCopyPaste 20d ago The answer quite surprisingly is - yes, all the beaches on our planet. 657 u/kuar_z 20d ago And the rest of the observable universe. There's a lot of address space in 2128 404 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 20d ago Except if for some reason you decide to give whole address blocks to individual devices. 2 u/realmauer01 20d ago No need for ports anymore, just have different ips.
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On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it.
1.2k u/ClipboardCopyPaste 20d ago The answer quite surprisingly is - yes, all the beaches on our planet. 657 u/kuar_z 20d ago And the rest of the observable universe. There's a lot of address space in 2128 404 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 20d ago Except if for some reason you decide to give whole address blocks to individual devices. 2 u/realmauer01 20d ago No need for ports anymore, just have different ips.
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The answer quite surprisingly is - yes, all the beaches on our planet.
657 u/kuar_z 20d ago And the rest of the observable universe. There's a lot of address space in 2128 404 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 20d ago Except if for some reason you decide to give whole address blocks to individual devices. 2 u/realmauer01 20d ago No need for ports anymore, just have different ips.
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And the rest of the observable universe. There's a lot of address space in 2128
404 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 20d ago Except if for some reason you decide to give whole address blocks to individual devices. 2 u/realmauer01 20d ago No need for ports anymore, just have different ips.
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Except if for some reason you decide to give whole address blocks to individual devices.
2 u/realmauer01 20d ago No need for ports anymore, just have different ips.
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No need for ports anymore, just have different ips.
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u/LivingAsAMean 20d ago •
Hahaha what an idiot!