Yeah yeah, this old chestnut seems to come around every three months since as far back as I can remember.

Look out the sky is falling again. . .

Via NetworkWorld:

The NRO (Number Resources Organization ) issuing its final IPv4 address blocks shouldn't mean a big change for end users. The switch to IPv6 is already well under way and much of the central infrastructure of the Internet is already running on the protocol. While vast portions of the network are yet to be converted, there doesn't appear to be a last-minute rush for IPv4 addresses. That indicates "strong momentum" behind the adoption of IPv6, NRO said.

Someone needs to inform Neowin that when you look at all the variables not mentioned in that story (but some of which are mentioned in the story comments) no one really gives a poop about this.

Colonel Travis said:

Via NetworkWorld:

The NRO (Number Resources Organization ) issuing its final IPv4 address blocks shouldn't mean a big change for end users. The switch to IPv6 is already well under way and much of the central infrastructure of the Internet is already running on the protocol. While vast portions of the network are yet to be converted, there doesn't appear to be a last-minute rush for IPv4 addresses. That indicates "strong momentum" behind the adoption of IPv6, NRO said.

Someone needs to inform Neowin that when you look at all the variables not mentioned in that story (but some of which are mentioned in the story comments) no one really gives a poop about this.

The problem with Neowin is they just want to get people to comment on their site. They really bring nothing to the table as far as news goes.

I don't understand what the big deal is..

NAT is ready to distribute the private IPv4 addresses if needed. If the cable/telco companies haven't prepared for this, they've been overlooking the inevitable. All of the hardware that they have placed in homes should be compatible with IPv6.

Some countries don't even have any IPv4 addresses left and have already switched to IPv6.

This should be a good thing, you won't have to pay for a static ip address anymore.

The IPv6 address pool has 56.9 billion addresses for each gram of matter on Earth. In another perspective, this is the same number of IP addresses per person as the number of atoms in a metric ton of carbon.

How could you charge for that? $50 per month for 166,741,530 addresses for IPv4, or almost infinite for fractions of a penny for IPv6.

Anyone in IT should welcome this change. It will mean a lot for the internet and static ip pricing.

abuttino said:

Some countries don't even have any IPv4 addresses left and have already switched to IPv6.

Name one, please. I missed this news.

Don't take it as a flame, please. I'm really curious about it.