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Offline bigguy

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Internet is running out of IP's
« on: July 26, 2010, 04:30:29 PM »
Thats a little weird to hear but it's true. From what I read 90% of all the ip addresses are allocated already. Leaving only enough to last maybe into the year 2011. IP addresses right now are 32 bit meaning about 4 billion are available. There is a new system that is slowly being put in place that uses 128 bit instead. This would up the number of available addresses substantially. Read more below:

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Re: Internet is running out of IP's
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2010, 08:17:34 PM »
They have been running out of IP addresses since the year 2000
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Re: Internet is running out of IP's
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2010, 08:35:52 PM »
Oh really, so this isn't a new story then, lol. This is the first time I am hearing of it.
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Re: Internet is running out of IP's
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2010, 08:39:46 PM »
They figured out that they wouldn't have enough IP addresses a while ago. One of the ideas they implemented to slow down the usage is NAT and PAT.
IPv6 should keep us going for a while, if you want to know how many address it can support its 2 to the power of 128
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Re: Internet is running out of IP's
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2010, 09:09:08 PM »
They are pushing IPv6 which will require new hardware/ software.  >:(
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Re: Internet is running out of IP's
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2010, 09:59:20 PM »
IPv6 software was in testing since 2001, the hardware will only need a firmware upgrade (modems and some layer 3 switches)
IPv6 is only a software update the network cards are built to work with any OS supported protocol. They work at layer 2 of the OSI model and don't need to know anything about IP/TCP.

The fun part will be sub netting a 128bit IP address.
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Re: Internet is running out of IP's
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2010, 11:58:28 PM »
They have to get it out of testing first, lol.
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