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E=mc2 · 26-08-2004, 08:55

I think you've all missed something in the earlier calculation. The number of addresses available using IPv6 is not 42 billion but 42 billion * 42 billion * 42 billion * 42 billion.

The current IP addressing scheme uses 32 bits so, theoretically, it can have 2 ^ 32 = 4,294,967,296 addresses.

IPv6 uses 128 bits so it can have 2 ^ 128 = 3.4 * 10^38 addresses (3.4 followed by 38 zeroes).

I think that should be enough to be going on with!

26-08-2004, 08:55	#10
E=mc2 Inactive Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Rugby Posts: 7	Re: IPv6 I think you've all missed something in the earlier calculation. The number of addresses available using IPv6 is not 42 billion but 42 billion * 42 billion * 42 billion * 42 billion. The current IP addressing scheme uses 32 bits so, theoretically, it can have 2 ^ 32 = 4,294,967,296 addresses. IPv6 uses 128 bits so it can have 2 ^ 128 = 3.4 * 10^38 addresses (3.4 followed by 38 zeroes). I think that should be enough to be going on with!