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Exploration of Addressing Concepts

Exploration of Addressing Concepts

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Abbasaurus
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08-09-2016, 01:29 PM
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Theoretically, you can connect up to 65,535 devices on a /255.255.0.0 subnet because that’s the maximum allowed by the subnet mask. With a /16 mask (255.255.0.0), the network supports 2^32 addresses, which is far more than 65,535. If your router isn’t configured for this subnet, it won’t allow any devices beyond the default limit. If you can stretch the limit, you’d need a larger subnet mask, such as /24 (255.255.255.0), which supports up to 4,294,967,296 addresses.
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08-09-2016, 01:29 PM #1

Theoretically, you can connect up to 65,535 devices on a /255.255.0.0 subnet because that’s the maximum allowed by the subnet mask. With a /16 mask (255.255.0.0), the network supports 2^32 addresses, which is far more than 65,535. If your router isn’t configured for this subnet, it won’t allow any devices beyond the default limit. If you can stretch the limit, you’d need a larger subnet mask, such as /24 (255.255.255.0), which supports up to 4,294,967,296 addresses.

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08-10-2016, 07:03 PM
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Yes, it's possible. However, it requires sufficient capacity and equipment to handle the large number of devices. You'd likely need many switches to manage the extensive Wi-Fi infrastructure without overloading the network.
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08-10-2016, 07:03 PM #2

Yes, it's possible. However, it requires sufficient capacity and equipment to handle the large number of devices. You'd likely need many switches to manage the extensive Wi-Fi infrastructure without overloading the network.

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08-10-2016, 11:40 PM
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You can link 65534 devices on a /16 because the broadcast and network addresses are already set aside. It’s possible to support around 2.1 billion IPv4 devices in one subnet if you used a /1 address. I won’t go into the complicated logistics of managing such many connections or the huge amount of gear required.
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08-10-2016, 11:40 PM #3

You can link 65534 devices on a /16 because the broadcast and network addresses are already set aside. It’s possible to support around 2.1 billion IPv4 devices in one subnet if you used a /1 address. I won’t go into the complicated logistics of managing such many connections or the huge amount of gear required.

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08-12-2016, 03:52 PM
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And choosing an internal IPv6 network instead of IPv4 opens more possibilities. However, I’m still uncertain if you could eliminate IPv4 entirely. You might also implement double NAT within your local network to boost capacity further if needed.
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08-12-2016, 03:52 PM #4

And choosing an internal IPv6 network instead of IPv4 opens more possibilities. However, I’m still uncertain if you could eliminate IPv4 entirely. You might also implement double NAT within your local network to boost capacity further if needed.

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08-13-2016, 02:07 AM
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Linus should try it—it would make a fun video by linking as many gadgets as he can on his network ^^
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08-13-2016, 02:07 AM #5

Linus should try it—it would make a fun video by linking as many gadgets as he can on his network ^^

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08-13-2016, 02:54 AM
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It's pretty standard how things started. We hit a point where we thought we couldn't go further, so now we're pushing everyone to adopt IPv6. Reaching that goal wouldn't be amazing—we'd still need to expand beyond Earth, maybe even colonize other planets.
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08-13-2016, 02:54 AM #6

It's pretty standard how things started. We hit a point where we thought we couldn't go further, so now we're pushing everyone to adopt IPv6. Reaching that goal wouldn't be amazing—we'd still need to expand beyond Earth, maybe even colonize other planets.

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08-20-2016, 10:41 AM
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I use Spirent test tools for this. Right now I have about 150K IPv4 hosts and several IPv6 hosts on the network, with traffic moving between them to simulate stress. I plan to increase the IPv4 host count to roughly 500K soon, but that’s still a future goal.
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08-20-2016, 10:41 AM #7

I use Spirent test tools for this. Right now I have about 150K IPv4 hosts and several IPv6 hosts on the network, with traffic moving between them to simulate stress. I plan to increase the IPv4 host count to roughly 500K soon, but that’s still a future goal.

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