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

[QUOTE=CupUp;27632707]I'll wait until there's total desperation for IP adresses and sell mine for an inhuman price.[/QUOTE] Haha good luck with that.

i dont understand.. my internet is very fast and all things download in a matter of minutes! so what does this all [b]mean[/b] ??

[QUOTE=Bat-shit;27633079]i dont understand.. my internet is very fast and all things download in a matter of minutes! so what does this all [b]mean[/b] ??[/QUOTE] [img_thumb]http://static.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/box.png[/img_thumb] [editline]24th January 2011[/editline] [img]http://www.thingamababy.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/08/box1.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=HubmaN;27629597]Your blood cell count is wrong by an order of 100,000 but there's little difference anyway. Good god, calm down, though. I'm not even speculating seriously here - I don't claim to be the authority in predicting long-term changes in human population. Perhaps we replace blood with something even more finer, for example, or perhaps we enslave a few alien races, or perhaps something out of the realm of possibility happens (we turn into energy beings? An example is self-defeating anyway). [i]I can't even get close to predicting it which says a lot about the seriousness of my claim.[/i] My ISP isn't planning to go wide-scale NAT (they've already gone dual stack on the experimental ADSL2 network) but planning to assist customers through, which is pretty cool... if they would give a timeframe.[/QUOTE] I am just saying that the number of the addresses is unimaginably large. It's just impossible they might run out, mainly considering the standard won't be used forever anyway.

Woah, I just realized how many computer illiterates are gonna shit themselves.

[QUOTE=Matix;27639528]Woah, I just realized how many computer illiterates are gonna shit themselves.[/QUOTE] Hey! Give me a second, I'm still re-re-reading things.

Fuck, I just let a few of my IPs that I had held hostage loose a few days ago.

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;27640325]Fuck, I just let a few of my IPs that I had held hostage loose a few days ago.[/QUOTE] what

Here's an idea: instead of everybody rating people dumb and saying "no" and "you're an idiot" and other such things to people who are asking, "what does this mean?" why don't you fucking [b]ANSWER THEIR GOD DAMNED QUESTIONS![/b] They're TRYING to become informed on something, they're trying NOT to be ignorant, and you all respond by calling them dumb or refuse to answer their questions. Sorry to get so pissed off but it annoys the absolute fuck out of me when people call people dumb even when they're the ones REFUSING to educate them when these so called 'dumb' people ask a question that would grant them new knowledge.

This is related to my profession so I guess I'll pitch in: To get this out of the way: They've been saying this since the mid 90's. As it relates to you: The typical internet user won't notice the effects of the IPv4 exhaustion right away. The internet will still continue to function, it's just that you cannot connect anymore devices that are solely IPv4. Now, does this mean you are forbidden to connect a new computer to your home network? No! That little "router" box that sits in your home is using either NAT or PAT. NAT stands for Network Address Translation, what that does is it takes your private IP address and translates it into a routable, public address. You can connect as many devices as you would like behind a router that is using NAT because from the outside it appears as one address. It is like a home telephone number, there are many people within the household that can be reached by calling that one number. PAT is probably what the router at your house uses. PAT stands for Protocol Address Translation. The router takes the private address of the device trying to reach the internet and tags on a port number (greater than 1024) to keep track of the session. So if my computer had an IP address of 192.168.1.100 and it wanted to reach the internet, the router would take the computer's IP address, tag on a port number to it to make 192.167.1.100, 7575. Then, it would take that and translate it to a public, routable address and send it out to the internet to gather whatever (Porn). As time progresses, however, you will not be able to see the new sites that pop up after the IPv4 depletion because they will be only using IPv6. IPv4 and IPv6 networks cannot communicate with each other. So unless you have an IPv6 address, you won't be able to communicate with said sites. I'm sure the major internet services providers will do some sort of NAT-like work around to allow IPv4 clients to snag a temporary IPv6 address so they can communicate. I hope all of that makes sense, I should be sleeping at this hour. Edit: By the way, you can point an accusing finger at smart phones. They hog a lot of addresses.

Add more numbers. And more. And more. And more.

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;27634603]I am just saying that the number of the addresses is unimaginably large. It's just impossible they might run out, mainly considering the standard won't be used forever anyway.[/QUOTE] Fine - quoted here to help you get the point across.

Itt 2012

[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;27567372]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] Notebooks....

[QUOTE=Turnips5;27607541]So uh... what's actually going to happen? :ohdear:[/QUOTE] Nothing.

I bet it's the mayans that do all this things.

[QUOTE=dude2193;27649101]Itt 2012[/QUOTE] No, it's 2011. You have a horrible timing.

[QUOTE=Osku1234;27634489][img_thumb]http://static.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/box.png[/img_thumb] [editline]24th January 2011[/editline] [img_thumb]http://www.thingamababy.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/08/box1.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] pft..

Guys, stop posting in this thread, you're using up the last of our precious internets :derp:

Praise the Lord for my STATIC IP! Also: i will be nothing with my daily doses of Porn :(

[QUOTE=JohnEdwards;27559941]most ISP's have an IPv6 DHCP, but most routers don't support it[/QUOTE] more business for router companies

We could always take back the millions I think it was IPs that were given to Intel and other big companies to do whatever they wish with

[QUOTE=that1dude24;27559230]Both.[/QUOTE] Yay, new router here I come. Last firmware: 2007 December 11.

Just changed mine.

"Holy shit! We're running out of IP adresses!" "....k" Do something about it then?

HOLY SHIT Also,how will the switch to this "IPv6" thing work?Will they just switch and I won't have to do anything?And will there being no more IPs affect me in any way?

From what I gather, switching to IPv6 is going to be really fucking expensive.

It's uhbahmuh's fault.

oh no

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;27668324]From what I gather, switching to IPv6 is going to be really fucking expensive.[/QUOTE] Well they don't have any other choice.