Discussion Forums > Technology
Running out of IPV4 Adresses
tomoya-kun:
Is that really as bad as it sounds or is it exaggerated?
IPv4 Space Shrinks To 5% – Final Addresses To Be Issued In Early 2011
http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/18/ipv4/
fohfoh:
I think they say ipv4 supports a max of like 100 million addresses? ipv6 is like... way more.
dogsinafen:
They knew IPv4 was going to run out of address in the near future. Hence, they've been limiting who get's to have a block of IPs.
IPv6 will provide a retarded amount of IP's so there would be no worry of running out anytime soon. Hopefully when people start switching over Canadian ISPs don't break (rogers :P ) since some of them are not prepared.
K7IA:
--- Quote from: fohfoh on October 22, 2010, 05:02:21 AM ---I think they say ipv4 supports a max of like 100 million addresses? ipv6 is like... way more.
--- End quote ---
An IPv4 address is 32 bits while an IPv6 address is 128 bits.
something like waaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy y more actually.
You could literally assign an ip to every "ant" on this good earth :D Finally they can also ping each other ...
@tomoya-kun: prepare for the next topic ... Running out of MAC Addresses... ;D
Freedom Kira:
Funny because I'm sitting in class right now and the prof just talked about this like 3 min ago...
But yeah, 32 bit to 128 bit is a huge jump. Think of it this way - every bit doubles the number of addresses you can use, starting from 1 at 0 bits. Just jumping from 32 bits to 33 bits should last at least a couple years, but seeing today's growth, maybe less.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
Go to full version