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An engineer would have preferred to add an additional byte (255.255.255.255.255) if the issue was really about addressing. Exactly like we did with telephone n

• sgjohnson 3y ago
  No. IPv6 is significantly easier to subnet. I can tell you the start and finish of 2a07:ffdd::/29 from the top of my head (it's 2a07:ffd8:: - 2a07:ffdf:ffff.....), because there's a nibble boundary every 4 bits, which makes it trivial. IPv6 has 31 nibble boundaries. IPv4 has 3. Do me a 10.15.121.75/19 from the top of your head. I would choose working with IPv6 addresses over IPv4 any time of day. Engineers added 12 additional bytes requiring the switch to a hexadecimal notation, because 255.255.255.255.255.255.255.255.255.255.255.255.255.255.255.255 would be a little bit too long.