fincsMar 13
endrift 🏳️‍⚧️
The cowards at IANA need to assign Class E IPv4 space, legacy routers be damned.
Mar 13 at 11:36amWeb
Show threadendrift 🏳️‍⚧️Mar 13

There are over 268 million IPv4 addresses that are currently unassigned and "reserved for future use," but a bunch of legacy backhaul can't route it due to assumptions baked into the silicon. Wonder if it'd take longer to replace all of that legacy backbone, or get 99% IPv6 adoption.

I'm looking at you, local ISPs.

Show threadendrift 🏳️‍⚧️Mar 13
For those who understand CIDR, 240.0.0.0/4 is reserved, with the exception of 255.255.255.255, which is used for multicast.
Show threadvoid friendMar 13
@endrift When the 0.001‰ improvement is slightly cheaper than the 1032 ‰ improvement, a story of industry and evolution of practices…
Show threadautumnMar 13
@endrift i still don't have ipv6... and i am using pppoe over fibre... yay... 2026!!!!
Show threadSimulacra of a girlMar 13
@endrift longer to replace legacy backbone having worked at at ISP
Show threadendrift 🏳️‍⚧️Mar 13
@gewt ughhh
Show threadSimulacra of a girlMar 13

@endrift when i worked for an ISP they were deploying soon-to-be-EOL hw new-to-them in 2015 and at the cost of new equipment in per-port licensing and throughout licensing and feature licensing it’s a *huge* investment

this isn’t like, $4k shit either. it’s $40k+ all-in for one piece of equipment in the chain :P

Show threadLunaphiedMar 13
@endrift I love that everyone saw "reserved for future use" and thought "oh boy free optimization I surely won't need to worry about these ever"