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As a networking professional you should understand that 4 octets = 32 bits. Five octets would = 40 bits, which is a pretty weird thing to be shuffling around al
by zrail 13y ago
As a networking professional you should understand that 4 octets = 32 bits. Five octets would = 40 bits, which is a pretty weird thing to be shuffling around all the time. It would require the same kinds of changes to hardware that IPv6 requires, so why not not go all the way to 128 bit so we don't ever have to worry about it again.
- wmf 13y agoEthernet addresses are 48 bits which is funky but we managed to survive. But I agree that if you're going to fork the Internet you might as well fix as much as you can without running afoul of the second system effect.