[opendtv] Re: IP vs. MAC addresses (was: Twang's Tuesday Tribune)

  • From: gary.siegmund@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 08:18:44 -0400

> You are right, IPV6 isn't 48 bits; it's 128 bits.

Tannenbaum writes that if the IPv6 addresses are spread over the entire
surface of the earth, even if they are unevenly spaced the most remote
places would still have something like a trillion addresses per square
meter.

Not likely to run out any time soon.

Gary Siegmund
Marconi


 
 
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