Wait!
I thought Gore invented the internet?
original democrat birthers and repub birthers growing..
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When I was in computer science school they issued the same dire predictions about running out in the next 12 months. I graduated 12 years ago and they still haven’t “run out”. Smart people have done a lot to mitigate this problem and stretch out the available IPv4 addresses. Not saying IPv6 is unnecessary, just don’t necessarily buy the timetables.
4.3 billion = 4 billion spammers and 300,000,000 actual users.
They have a scheme based on a larger address space waiting in the wings. The current scheme is ipv4. The larger scheme is ipv6. Most of the equipment we have installed at our shop for the last 5 years has been ipv6 capable. I haven’t heard the strategy for switching protocols. It might get interesting for a while.
Also, don’t worry about connecting device to your home lan. It is most likely behind a firewall router and has a private address space. That router uses a protocol called Network Address Translation, NAT, to allow all the devices on your private lan to share the single internet IP address which has been provided by your ISP. Your router serves the function of a “bastion host” in firewall terms.
I remember Bill Gates stating (back in the day) that the internet was just a fad and as soon as the novelty wore off, it (the internet) would fade into oblivion and that Microsoft was not interested. LOL! ;-)
If the federal govt wants one they can forget it, I aint sellin.
The last of the available IP addresses will be used by this fall (so they say). There are temporary measures that can help with the shortage. The real solution is to upgrade to IPv6. IPv6 allows for roughly 3.4 times 10 to the power of 38 IP addresses. Suffice it to say that IPv6 provides enough IP addresses.
Unfortunately, IPv6 isn't immediately compatible with older hardware. Underlying Internet technology needs to be upgraded. This requires time, effort and money. And most Internet firms seem to be putting off the upgrade. Less than 1 percent have made the switch.
Until your ISP upgrades, you can't access IPv6 Websites. June 8 is World IPv6 Day. Many major sites will enable IPv6 to test the system.
34.0.0.0/8 Halliburton Company
Each /8 block has 16 million addresses. Click above for the full list. Halliburton's not alone.