IPv4 address length technical design

Wed Oct 3 21:26:55 UTC 2012

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Scott Weeks <surfer at mauigateway.com> wrote:
>
>
> --- jra at baylink.com wrote:
> From: Jay Ashworth <jra at baylink.com>
>
> So the address space for IPv8 will be...
> </troll>
> -------------------------------------------------
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>
> Jim says:
>
> "IPv8 - 43 bits (3+8+32)
>
> There is a natural routing hierarchy with IPv8
> addressing....8 regions, 256 distribution centers
> in each region and full 32 bit Internets from there.
> IPv8 addresses can fit inside the IPv6 address fields."
>
>
>>;-)
> scott

One bit of network address, used to designate whether it is a
broadcast or single-host-recipient packet.

And 511 bit MAC addresses...

(L2 Uber Alles.  Routers are for the Weak.)

-- 
-george william herbert
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