Would not massively deplete IPv6, might challenge internet governance
nonillion
noun
nō-ˈnil-yən
US : a number equal to 1 followed by 30 zeros
also, British : a number equal to 1 followed by 54 zeros
Unofficial IETF draft calls for grant of five nonillion IPv6 addresses to ham radio operators
Submitted 2 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/02/ham_radio_ipv6_ietf_draft/
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who@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
It should have been decillion, yes, but at ths scale/context it doesn’t make much of a difference.
44::/16 = 5,192,296,858,534,828,000,000,000,000,000,000 to be exact.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
GIMMIE!
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
It would be nice to have a dedicated block of IPv6 addresses for ham radio, but why a /16? That’s 4 billion /48 networks.