SabreFan1 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 It had to happen sooner or later. The internet has run out of IP addresses (identifying number for an internet connection -- In real life terms, think of your home's address). Good thing that this problem was seen coming from a mile away and that there will be a new IP system in place soon. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/internet-now-officially-too-big-ip-addresses-run-out-n386081 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inane Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Great story bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share Posted July 3, 2015 Great story bro. Not my story. There are some very tech savvy CDC'ers that I figured would enjoy the article, so I posted it in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJDDawg Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Yup, knew this was coming eventually and got ready for ipv6 a couple of years ago. Interesting for those of us interested in this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanGnome Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 IPv4 (Current) 4.3x10^9 addresses (~4 billion addresses) IPv6 (Has been implemented for some time, successor to IPv4) 3.4×10^38 (~340 undecillion addresses) 4 Billion: 4,000,000,000 (9 zeros) 340 Undecillion: 340,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (36 zeros) Also, IPv6 has been in development for the last 20 years (since mid 90's) The internet is not going to "stop working", this was just an inevitable arrival at a computational limit. Edit: See Example: Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : obfuscated.local Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::cccc:17e9:8d1f:cb92%12 IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.22.155 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.22.254 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neversummer Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Yah, I remember when the internet was going to blow up on the eve of Dec 31, 1999 to Jan 1, 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edlerberry Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 ipv6 makes it so easy for isp/govts to track us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Yah, I remember when the internet was going to blow up on the eve of Dec 31, 1999 to Jan 1, 2000. Y2K had nothing to do with the internet per se. It was the worry that windows since dates were 00-99 that the systems would think that the dates were going to 1900, and create errors, and possibly crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 ipv6 makes it so easy for isp/govts to track us Do you use a credit card, debit card? Or always pay cash? Because the gov't if they wanted to track you both debit and credit cards tell what your doing a lot more than your computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeefcakeBo Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 It had to happen sooner or later. The internet has run out of IP addresses (identifying number for an internet connection -- In real life terms, think of your home's address). Good thing that this problem was seen coming from a mile away and that there will be a new IP system in place soon. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/internet-now-officially-too-big-ip-addresses-run-out-n386081 That system is already in place and was rolled out for Internet use like 2 years ago. People are already using it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share Posted July 3, 2015 That system is already in place and was rolled out for Internet use like 2 years ago. People are already using it. Cool. Learn something new every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianLoonie Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 I recall from some tech-related TV program that the network infrastructure being deployed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics was all IPv6-addressed only, down to each individual CCTV security camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Yah, I remember when the internet was going to blow up on the eve of Dec 31, 1999 to Jan 1, 2000. hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa yeah remember the time the internet blew up?? Good times~! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Will this affect my 56k dialup modem speed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 Will this affect my 56k dialup modem speed? My first modem back in the late 80's was the brand spanking new blazingly fast 2400 baud modem for the low low price of $200. 300 & 1200 bauds were for chumps! I remember watching my porn downloads from BBS' fill in one line at a time on my super duper SVGA monitor.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 My first modem back in the late 80's was the brand spanking new blazingly fast 2400 baud modem for the low low price of $200. 300 & 1200 bauds were for chumps! I remember watching my porn downloads from BBS' fill in one line at a time on my super duper SVGA monitor.... ahhhhh memories lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 My first modem back in the late 80's was the brand spanking new blazingly fast 2400 baud modem for the low low price of $200. 300 & 1200 bauds were for chumps! I remember watching my porn downloads from BBS' fill in one line at a time on my super duper SVGA monitor.... Drew Barrymore comes to mind... How did people ever grow up without technology? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 Drew Barrymore comes to mind... How did people ever grow up without technology? At dawn we went outside to be with friends and only came home long enough to eat and then went back outside until it got dark and then our parents would stick their heads out the front door and yell out our names until we answered back and came running back home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 True Story^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 At dawn we went outside to be with friends and only came home long enough to eat and then went back outside until it got dark and then our parents would stick their heads out the front door and yell out our names until we answered back and came running back home. Hah! I grew up in that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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