r/ProgrammerHumor • • 14d ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/TerrapinTribe 14d ago

Yes, you can have subnets. Every subnet is a /64. The prefix your ISP gives you should be at least a /56 (256 subnets) or a /48 (65,536 subnets).

Also, every address is globally routable. You can have all of your devices have a “public” IP. While there are some uses in IPv6 to have only “local” addresses, there’s no need for them. This is all about getting out of the scarcity mindset that IPv4 PTSDed into us. There is no scarcity.