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Post September 25th, 2008, 1:02 pm

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The world is about to run out of the internet addresses that allow computers to identify each other and communicate, the man who invented the system has told The Times.


http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol ... 819803.ece

Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't we heard this before?
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Post September 25th, 2008, 1:02 pm

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Post September 25th, 2008, 1:08 pm

Sure have.

I skimmed across something in the news today about China being closest, having about 800 days until their current assignment rate exhausts their allocation.
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Post September 25th, 2008, 1:08 pm

I read that this morning on another site, it is old news. We've been hearing this for years, and that is why IPv6 is coming around. There are already a lot of places that are switched to v6, I think I have heard of some of these digital cable companies and telephone providers and stuff.
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Post September 25th, 2008, 1:14 pm

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I read that this morning on another site, it is old news. We've been hearing this for years, and that is why IPv6 is coming around. There are already a lot of places that are switched to v6, I think I have heard of some of these digital cable companies and telephone providers and stuff.


I was about to say almost exactly the same thing.
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Post September 25th, 2008, 1:23 pm

I'm sorry but IPv6 has been around for quite a while now; people are just dragging their asses about switching over. There's no crisis here.
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Post September 25th, 2008, 1:35 pm

Just think what would've happened if the world actually did run out of addresses ...
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Post September 25th, 2008, 2:01 pm

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Just think what would've happened if the world actually did run out of addresses ...


Directories would quit popping up every day ?
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Post September 25th, 2008, 2:08 pm

spork wrote:
There's no crisis here.


Precisely, its just a matter of getting everybody switched over. If they can set a specific date to switch to 100% digital tv broadcasts, then why not IPv6?
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Post September 25th, 2008, 2:23 pm

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If they can set a specific date to switch to 100% digital tv broadcasts, then why not IPv6?


I think that's a really good question.
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Post September 25th, 2008, 4:16 pm

The day the stock market crashes, lol. You probably won't even need a specific day, you could still keep IPv4 Addresses on your private network too right? You just need people that are stubborn, like those who used 64 bit windows when it first came out even though half the damn drivers out there didn't work with anything.
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Post September 25th, 2008, 5:11 pm

Um, I used 64 bit XP when it came out..... But then I came to my senses and switched to the Blessed Fedora Core. But to answer your question, yes you can still use IPv4 on your own network, but to get out to the rest of the world you will need to have an IPv6 address because it will be the new standard.
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Post September 25th, 2008, 9:29 pm

ok I used 64 bit XP when it came out..... But then I came to my senses and switched to the Blessed Fedora Core.
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Post September 25th, 2008, 9:31 pm

reachmuthu1982 wrote:
ok I used 64 bit XP when it came out..... But then I came to my senses and switched to the Blessed Fedora Core.

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Post September 26th, 2008, 7:52 am

There shouldn't be an issue even with IPv4.

Really now. Do home users need external addresses?
Charter, Quest, etc all should have one PAT address for residential users and use an internal private address scheme.

Only give legit IP's to business accounts that need that connectivity.

Also kills alot of P2P =p.
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Post September 26th, 2008, 9:23 am

Is is something called Internet 2 coming out?
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