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IPv4 IP addresses have run out in North America region; So what`s next?
IP addresses are what devices connected to the internet use to identify and communicate with each other.
Gwyn D’Mello
IP addresses are what devices connected to the internet use to identify and communicate with each other.
We've been expecting to run out of IPv4 for a while, which is why they developed IPv6 a while ago.
Users don't have to bother, but organisations and ISPs do have to make the switch.
•IPv4 IP addresses have run out in North America region
•IPv4 is 32-bit, giving about 4.3 billion addresses total
•Now moving to IPv6, 128-bit
•All other regions have already run out of IPv4 by now, except for Africa