Internet Armageddon: Internet to be out of IP addresses within weeks - Polidicks

And what the fuck is going to happen?

[QUOTE=JohnEdwards;27559884]this only means we are out of unregistered IPv4 addresses, most ISP's have assloads of them[/QUOTE] That means they hold all IPs hostage for ransom THEY CONTROL THE IPS THEY CONTROL THE UNIVERSE

I remember reading about IPv6 many years ago and thinking: "It's still a long time until 2011"

Internet 3.0. Mother of god

Static IP :c00lbert:

:foxnews: :siren:[b]THIS JUST IN! The whole internet is being upgraded![/b]:siren: :foxnews:

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[QUOTE=Van-man;27562316]Either you're really bad at trolling or really retarded. Or possible both. Take your pick, I'm waiting [editline]21st January 2011[/editline] Yeaaah, I think I'd prefer the good Ol' routing method. MUCH more secure. Besides you'd still need to pay your ISP for additional Internet IP addresses[/QUOTE] You're right. I'm new to the Internet. I'm only guessing what might solve the IP problem. Not trolling or being retarded. Just read.

No big deal. Go into your Network Adapter settings and it has IPv6 ready to go, at least on Windows 7 it does

[QUOTE=lead_farmer;27558464]Hey guys, I know a dude who's been hording IP addresses for years. He's got dozens of them just sitting in a closet. If you're interested, I can hook you up with some sweet IPv4s.[/QUOTE] l0l'd

[QUOTE=TheTalon;27566003]No big deal. Go into your Network Adapter settings and it has IPv6 ready to go, at least on Windows 7 it does[/QUOTE] Not installed by default on WinXp, but it's possible to install it.

[QUOTE=Van-man;27567187]Not installed by default on WinXp, but it's possible to install it.[/QUOTE] Why would you still be using Windows XP in 2011 anyway? Besides, it's not a problem with modern hardware/software on the "client" side, but on the ISP side.

[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;27567372]Besides, it's not a problem with modern hardware/software on the "client" side, but on the ISP side.[/QUOTE] You've forgotten many ISP's still use outdated modems, that they let their customers rent/borrow until they terminate their service. Also plenty of people also still have a router that's so old it only supports IPv4. The key problem here is that they've literally waited unto shit's about to hit the fan to actually do something

We need to subnet harder!

[QUOTE=johan_sm;27559854]Many programs that won't get updated will be fucked. The old ones I mean. So prepare to update a lot of your software. Also does steam support ipv6?[/QUOTE] Most software made in the last 15 or 20 years doesn't do IPv4 directly. It goes through an abstraction layer in the OS, and the OS is what does IPv4 or IPv6.

Holy Shit ! I wonder who will have the 255.255.255.255 Ip adress ! I could be awesome.

[QUOTE=Itsjustguy;27569052]Holy Shit ! I wonder who will have the 255.255.255.255 Ip adress ! I could be awesome.[/QUOTE] Didn't it stop at 254?

[QUOTE=TheTalon;27566003]No big deal. Go into your Network Adapter settings and it has IPv6 ready to go, at least on Windows 7 it does[/QUOTE] How do you do such a thing might I ask?

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Why don't you just extend the amount of digits?

[QUOTE=redBadger;27571983]Why don't you just extend the amount of digits?[/QUOTE] Adding more digits makes it incompatible with all the current IPv4 stuff. That's why IPv6 exists. It has some other features but the biggest one is it has more digits.

[QUOTE=Van-man;27567510]You've forgotten many ISP's still use outdated modems, that they let their customers rent/borrow until they terminate their service. Also plenty of people also still have a router that's so old it only supports IPv4. The key problem here is that they've literally waited unto shit's about to hit the fan to actually do something[/QUOTE] Our cable modem is from around 2004. This could be a problem. And only 26,000 ISP maintenance request failures since May 2004 according to the modem.

During the change, it's going to suuuuuuuuuuuuck. But only for like, a week.

[QUOTE=redBadger;27571983]Why don't you just extend the amount of digits?[/QUOTE] They are, kinda. The addresses have to be a power of 2, current addresses are 32bits so any future addresses would have to be either 64bits or 128 bits (which is what IPv6 is). Since each extra bit doubles the previous value, you get an exponential increase. 32bits gives you 4,294,967,296 addresses, 64bits gives you 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 addresses and 128bits gives you 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 addresses (Which should be enough for future human expansion, including other planets) And of course, this change isn't backwards compatible, and when you're breaking compatibility in such a way, it's easy to mandate/add new features (IPv6 has encryption built in, and should allow multicast over the entire internet, leading to efficient video streaming)

[QUOTE=Juggernog;27560070]I bet [i]you're[/i] a virgin... you're on FP after all.[/QUOTE] you got something to prove huh some insecurity

No reason to panic people. Life (and the internet) will go on!

Blame China and their 60million/year new internet users.

I'm going to be the worlds first Internet scalper!

Goddamnit, the cheapass router my ISP gave me doesn't support IPv6 in firmware :(

I'm ready to switch to IPv6. Router supports it. But i fucking hate the IPs.