AWS adds an extra 5.5M IPv4 addresses

Re:AWS adds an extra 5.5M IPv4 addresses by carlhjerpe on Monday August 16, 2021 @06:22AM (#28196573)

> in modern (last 10 - 15 ish years) routing table size has been roughly the same for IPv4 and IPv6.

Really? I see 700k routes v4 and 70k v6 routes.

IPv6 will keep routing table size smaller since they can preallocate HUGE subnets to every AS (AS is what people would call an ISP pretty much) so that they only have to split their subnets by geolocation.

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Re:AWS adds an extra 5.5M IPv4 addresses by kazen44 on Monday August 16, 2021 @03:40PM (#28201970)

i should probably clarify.

what i meant to say was, that in modern routers, IPv4 and IPv6 theoretical routing table size can be the same. There is no difference in terms of maximum routes in the routing table between both protocols.

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Re:AWS adds an extra 5.5M IPv4 addresses by carlhjerpe on Monday August 16, 2021 @05:40PM (#28203305)

I should've read your comment more thoroughly, I'm sorry.

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