Just wondering if IP6 is going to be supported?
IP6
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Internet Protocol 6 I thought was already the standard?
I only asked as my ISP is going to issue me with both IP4 and IP6 ip's soon.
IP4 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
IP6 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
xxx=0<>255
IP4 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
IP6 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
xxx=0<>255
IP4 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
IP6 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
IP6 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
I get it now... Thats not too hard to understand (IP6 with 6 segments) :P
its not all numbers either it will be Hex format if I remeber right.
oh I see what ckob is saying so it would be
101010.101010.101010.101010.101010.101010.101010
Roman numerals. Who would have thought?
101010.101010.101010.101010.101010.101010.101010
Roman numerals. Who would have thought?
AFAIK the diffrence is: IP4, the current IP System supports 32 Bit IPs, therefor there may be 4 billion individual IPs on earth. Obviously this isn't enough anymore since every coffee-machine has its IP these days. So they moved on to 64 Bit IPs with the IP6 protocol that allows ... ehm ... a lot more IPs. I don't think the 4 or 6 in IP4 and IP6 reflects the number of bytes. It's just a version tag.
But, ignorant as I am, maybe I am completely wrong again :P
But, ignorant as I am, maybe I am completely wrong again :P
IP6 would allow for about 20billion ISP addresses??? I can't be doing the math right! Thats as many hamburgers as MCDonalds has gotten out of one cow so far!
-RZ
-RZ
A lot more than 20 bilion. its something like:
4 billion *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2
Enough to add an IP to every hamburger every now and then. It's funny what you can achieve by useing 32 Bit more.
4 billion *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2 *2
Enough to add an IP to every hamburger every now and then. It's funny what you can achieve by useing 32 Bit more.
Ah, ckob, thanks for lettingme know, nice article - now IP6 isn't only 64 Bits, it's even 128 Bits for the Adress! that's:
340282366920938463463374607431768211456 IPs, or in other words three hundred forty undecillions. Wow, undecillions, what is that anyway.
But yet we still don't know if blitz supports this. I guess not. IP6 still supports IP4 (us, oldschool lousy 4 billionairs), but the other way it may be more complicated. I guess the easiest way will be to use a DNS as usual, so "www.theserver.com" maybe will be transpated to a 128 Bit IP, but who cares as long as you can contact it this way.
340282366920938463463374607431768211456 IPs, or in other words three hundred forty undecillions. Wow, undecillions, what is that anyway.
But yet we still don't know if blitz supports this. I guess not. IP6 still supports IP4 (us, oldschool lousy 4 billionairs), but the other way it may be more complicated. I guess the easiest way will be to use a DNS as usual, so "www.theserver.com" maybe will be transpated to a 128 Bit IP, but who cares as long as you can contact it this way.