• The Internet Officially Runs Out of Addresses Today!!
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And nothing is going wrong so far! Maybe it could be because we already had the ability to near seamlessly switch to IPv6 10 years ago?
The ISPs in my area haven't even started to implement IPv6...
There are more IPs in IPv6 than atoms in the Observable Universe so I'm pretty sure we won't be running out of addresses any time soon.
[QUOTE=SirQuacks;27866739]There are more IPs in IPv6 than atoms in the Observable Universe so I'm pretty sure we won't be running out of addresses any time soon.[/QUOTE] 5 years later, we run out. Calling it.
So if I doesn't support IvP6 then i just need a new router?
[QUOTE=RubberFruit;27855826]Famous last words.[/QUOTE] Don't worry guys, I think I saw some more IP addresses in that abandoned house up on that hill over there with lightning in the background. I'll go get them. Here, hold my cell phone for me it'll just slow me down
as long as i can get on the internet, i'm good
[QUOTE=imadaman;27857243]Uh, they ran out about 10-12 hours ago.[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vp--AlWBrU[/media]
Is this why I cant connect to any minecraft server right now? [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/emoot/smith.gif[/img]
Oh god, I'll have to go "outside" :ohdear:
[QUOTE=Generic.Monk;27856360]meanwhile, UK ISPs still refuse to acknowledge this problem even exists [/QUOTE] I'm on virgin and have a public IPv6 IP, something like teredo tunneling if that makes a different
[QUOTE=Hesychasmos;27855097]2^128 addresses, we should be good for a year or so[/QUOTE] 2^128 gives 501 trillion addresses for [i]every cell in every person's body[/i]. [url]http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2^128+/+(cells+in+the+human+body+*+population+of+earth)[/url]
[quote]All in all, we're certainly not "out" of addresses, not for another year or two--but we are certainly getting close. So what's the solution? The solutions to this problem aren't thrilling.[b] Eventually, we'll probably end up with a "dual-stack" configuration, in which the computer can basically use either an IPv4 or IPv6 address as needed. But you don't have to worry about any of that, really. Modern computers (Windows since XP SP1, Mac since OS 10.2) and smartphones support both iterations[/b], and people generally lease modems from their ISP, so the only gadget consumers own that could conceivably be affected is the router--which is not a huge expense, all things considered. (You can check your compatibility here.) For companies, this is going to be a pain in the ass, at best a tricky one and at worst a tricky and expensive one, but for Johnny Websitevisitor, the worst result is some hiccups in the transition and maybe the purchase of a new router--unless the ISPs decide to pass some of their costs onto him. [/quote] I'm not worried, and if you truly are worried, you're an idiot. [editline]6th February 2011[/editline] I forgot where I am.
Uh, couldn't the like, add 3 more numbers on IPv4 instead of this clusterfuck of numbers and letters we call IPv6?
[QUOTE=SgtTupelo;27891415]Uh, couldn't the like, add 3 more numbers on IPv4 instead of this clusterfuck of numbers and letters we call IPv6?[/QUOTE] They could, but IPv6 is not just a new number format; it's an entirely new protocol. They redesigned it to be more efficient and secure, and as a result, a lot more numbers are needed. You won't really have to worry about it; DNS will go on working like it does now. And there are ways to abbreviate IPv6 addresses; you don't always need to specify the entire 128-bit number. [quote]While these numbers are impressive, it was not the intent of the designers of the IPv6 address space to assure geographical saturation with usable addresses. Rather, the longer addresses simplify allocation of addresses, enable efficient route aggregation, and implementation of special addressing features.[/quote] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipv6#Comparison_to_IPv4[/url]
Going to be hard to remember your IP adress with Ipv6.
[QUOTE=jiggu;27900039]Going to be hard to remember your IP adress with Ipv6.[/QUOTE] why do you need to? there's plenty of websites out there that will tell you it
are you saying my IP wont end in .69 anymore because thats the only reason I browse the internet unproxied
Wait, if everyone gets new ip addresses does this mean I'll be "unbanned" from certain places?
i am not looking forward to ipv6 having my mac address in my ip and basically never being hidden again is going to kinda suck
[QUOTE=Takkun10;27907262]i am not looking forward to ipv6 having my mac address in my ip and basically never being hidden again is going to kinda suck[/QUOTE] Actually, not only is the host address [b]not[/b] required to be generated using a MAC, it is [b]not[/b] generated using the MAC on Windows Vista and 7. It is randomly generated by default. [url]http://www.windowsreference.com/networking/disable-ipv6-random-identifier-in-windows-7-server-2008-vista/[/url] If you want to check this yourself, open a command window and type in "netsh interface ipv6 show global". Then, you should see "Randomize Identifiers: enabled". Figuring out how to set this on Linux/Unix/Mac is left as an exercise to the reader.
I say we stop letting new people into the internet.
[QUOTE=Zedicus Mann;27908311]I say we stop letting new people into the internet.[/QUOTE] and then suddenly, the information age ends
[QUOTE=Lazor;27908468]and then suddenly, the information age ends[/QUOTE] Don't copy that floppy!
32bit sucks. Everything must move over to 128 to allocate higher numbers.
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;27856354]i dont give a fuck if you guys run out of your ip's my internet connection is ridiculously fast like 100megas so this is not a concern to me. :colbert:[/QUOTE] My internet connection is 1Gbps. :frog:
nerds
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhI0OVs_zj0&feature=related[/media]
I don't think this'll effect the average person. If it does, they won't notice.
[QUOTE=credesniper;27922839]I don't think this'll effect the average person. If it does, they won't notice.[/QUOTE] i'm pretty sure it does since they cant go to some of their favourite websites
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