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And where do those two extra bits go? How do existing routers that don’t know anything about two extra bits route those packets? Here’s the ip packet header: ht

And where do those two extra bits go? How do existing routers that don’t know anything about two extra bits route those packets? Here’s the ip packet header: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IPv4_Packet-en.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IPv4_Packet-en.svg

vlovich123 4y ago
In this thread, lots of people seem to think in terms of 255.255.255.255 and fail to recognize the IP address is 32bits and the textual representation of 4 octets means very little. But the confidence and armchair expertise offered… wow.