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ITstudent2006
Jan 6, 2009, 03:56 PM
Can someone verify this? I heard we're heading toward IPv6.
Correct me if I am wrong but we're running low on 4.2 possible addresses not including subnets!
Scleros
Jan 6, 2009, 04:58 PM
I heard we're heading toward IPv6.
Yes, although tech change never happens as fast as the pundits and media say it will. There's decades of infrastructure to replace for homogeneous IPv6 support.
Correct me if I am wrong but we're running low on 4.2 possible addresses not including subnets!
Huh? See IPv4 address exhaustion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4_address_exhaustion).
ITstudent2006
Jan 6, 2009, 05:04 PM
What's the HUH? For? Which part?Explain!
ITstudent2006
Jan 6, 2009, 05:07 PM
16.6 million IP variables?