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2006-07-16 Science & Technology

New web addresses created by internet chiefs

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Posted by Fred 2006-07-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Somebody can't do binary arithmetic.

Posted by ed 2006-07-16 01:39|| 2006-07-16 01:39|| Front Page Top

#2 I would prefer GPS coord type ips
IP-Carrier, Lat, Long, Alt. (random #)
Then one would not need DNS just a GPS on each network card and a carrier id. Local nets would be 192 type IP-Carrier code.

Wireless could do hopping and anealing really well.

Posted by 3dc 2006-07-16 02:02|| 2006-07-16 02:02|| Front Page Top

#3 128 vs. 32, not 32 vs. 16. This is 4 billion times 4 billion times 4 billion (2^^96) times the size of the IPv4 address space (2^^32). This works out to be:
340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456

Posted by twobyfour 2006-07-16 03:38|| 2006-07-16 03:38|| Front Page Top

#4 IP-Carrier, Lat, Long, Alt. (random #)

Would help with the WoT! :-)

Posted by gorb 2006-07-16 04:34|| 2006-07-16 04:34|| Front Page Top

#5 My understanding is that IPv6 will be notated as a sixteen bit hexadecimal number to six numbers. So that would be 65536 to the sixth power, all written in hex.

9.7 and 23 zeros. A large number to be sure.

IPv4 was based on 8 bit numbers in four octals, 256 to the fourth power, or 4.2+ billion addresses, expressed in decimal form.

Posted by badanov 2006-07-16 05:41|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2006-07-16 05:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Isn there a ARE in these hexynumbers? my family wonts to claim addresser space BR549

Posted by J Sample 2006-07-16 07:09|| 2006-07-16 07:09|| Front Page Top

#7 I think it might be easier to get rid of the 2 billion extra people than to add 340,282,366,920,937,999,999,999,999,998,000,000,000 extra addresses. I've got a little list they'll none of them be missed.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-16 07:31|| 2006-07-16 07:31|| Front Page Top

#8 IPv6 has been in the works for over a decade. A lot of software in client machines and servers will need upgrading to use it. A bigger issue will be who allocates the space - look for more fighting about IANA and who "runs the internet".

Posted by lotp 2006-07-16 08:08|| 2006-07-16 08:08|| Front Page Top

#9 Guess I overlooked something here...

Posted by Al Gore 2006-07-16 08:12|| 2006-07-16 08:12|| Front Page Top

#10 9 Guess I overlooked something here...

Hot coffee alert in future Mr Gore! LOL!

Posted by Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-07-16 09:07|| 2006-07-16 09:07|| Front Page Top

#11
"My understanding is that IPv6 will be notated as a sixteen bit hexadecimal number to six numbers."

Your understanding is incorrect. IPv6 addresses are 128 bits in length and are expressed in a 16 byte hexadecimal format with colons delineating the individual bytes.

A good starting POINT for anyone interested in educating themselves on IPv6.

-M

Posted by Manolo 2006-07-16 10:04|| 2006-07-16 10:04|| Front Page Top

#12 The 6 is a version number, not a number of bytes. Has anyone tried explaining IPv6 to Ted Stevens yet?

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2006-07-16 22:37|| 2006-07-16 22:37|| Front Page Top

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