some fun examples of the size of ipv6: https://samsclass.info/ipv6/exhaustion-2016.htm
https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/comments/2qxgxw/self_just_how_big_is_ipv6/ On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 7:05 PM, Large Hadron Collider < large.hadron.colli...@gmx.com> wrote: > Missent. > > Welcome to IPv6, where you have technically-reserved-for-future-use space > that should never actually need to be used. Quite likely, you can use > something like 440::/16 as your private space, but please don't do that > unless you've exhausted the true private space. > > You're welcome. > > > > On 17/12/2017 14:57, James Downs wrote: > >> On Dec 17, 2017, at 14:33, Matt Hoppes <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Had a previous employee or I discovered it on the network segment after >>> we had some weird routing issues and had to get that cleaned up. I don't >>> know why anyone would do that when there is tons of private IP space. >>> >> Unless there isn't.. I've worked at more than one company that had used >> up all the private space. Then you have the cases where some M&A causes >> overlapping IP space. In addition, you'd also be surprised how many people >> just assign the entire 10/8 space into a flat IP space. >> >> -j >> > >
