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Re: Only 5x IPv4 ... WRONG! :)


From: bmanning () vacation karoshi com
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:55:01 +0000

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 04:43:37PM -0400, Ray Soucy wrote:
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:17 AM,  <bmanning () 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.

        tada!   128 == 4x32

--bill


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