IPv4 and IPv6 compared

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IPv4 has 32-bit addresses. 2**32 is 4294967296. Or about 4.3*10**9.

IPv6 has 128-bit addresses. 2**128 is 340282366920938463463374607431768211456. About 3.4 * 10**39. A lot bigger.

But what are 30 orders of magnitude between friends?

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