The number of IP addresses depends on the IP version considered (IPv4 or IPv6).
IPv4 Addresses
- IPv4 addresses are 32-bits long.
- This results in a total of 232 addresses.
- Therefore, there are 4,294,967,296 IPv4 addresses.
IPv6 Addresses
- IPv6 addresses are 128-bits long.
- This creates a significantly larger address space: 2128 addresses.
- Consequently, there are 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 IPv6 addresses.
In summary:
IP Version | Number of Addresses |
---|---|
IPv4 | 4,294,967,296 |
IPv6 | 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 |