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Only 5x IPv4 ... WRONG! :)

Subject: Only 5x IPv4 ... WRONG! :)
From: rps at maine.edu (Ray Soucy)
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:43:37 -0400
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On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:17 AM,  <bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com> wrote:
> ?first - IPv6 isn't 5x IPv4, its only 4x... :)

Couldn't let this one slide...

Bits grow exponentially.  Saying IPv6 is 4x IPv4 isn't really accurate
unless you're counting bits.

A 128-bit address space gives you over 340 undecillion (3.4 * 10^38)
unique values compared to the pathetic 6 billion or so of a 32-bit
address space.  Certainly more than 4 or 5x ;-)

-- 
Ray Soucy

Epic Communications Specialist

Phone: +1 (207) 561-3526

Networkmaine, a Unit of the University of Maine System
http://www.networkmaine.net/

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- Only 5x IPv4 /8 remaining at IANA
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- Only 5x IPv4 /8 remaining at IANA
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- Only 5x IPv4 /8 remaining at IANA
  - From: joelja at bogus.com (Joel Jaeggli)
- Only 5x IPv4 ... WRONG! :)
  - From: bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com (bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com)

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