According to this article the internet will run out of IP addresses some time in 2011. Will the internet stop working then? Most likely not, its just that no new ip address can be assigned until IPv6, for "version six" is adopted, and will add more digits to the ip addressing scheme.
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Jump to PostAccording to this article the internet will run out of IP addresses some time in 2011.
Is the author one Chicken Little by any chance AD?
I've been reading 'news' stories based around IPv6 stating that the Internet is about to run out of addresses for, …
Jump to PostThere's no doubt that the address space will reach capacity at some point, trouble is that every six months or so there's some vendor or other which has the media getting their collective panties in a bunch that the time is real soon and the media bites.
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