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IPv6 Adoption Up 300 Percent Over 2 Years

Posted by timothy on from the final-curve-will-be-interesting dept.

Mark.J - ISPreview writes "The Number Resource Organization, which is made up of the five Regional Internet Registries, has revealed that the rate of new entrants into the IPv6 routing system has increased by 300% over the past two years. The news is important because IPv4 addresses (e.g. 123.23.56.98), which are assigned to your computer periodically, are running out. IPv6 addressing (e.g. 2ffe:1800:3525:3:200:f8ff:fe21:67cf) was invented as a longer and more secure replacement." IPv6 is still gaining ground slowly, particularly in the US.

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  1. Impressive by digitalPhant0m · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So now the total number is what... 4?

  2. 300%!!! by R2.0 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wow - usage went from 1 to 4! Outstanding!

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  3. How many years before we run out of IPv4? by ACK!! · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I mean it seems like I have been seeing this statement for years. We are running out of IPv4 addresses and the sky is falling. There has to be something real behind at least part of this right? So does anyone have a real number or time in which we will really run out of IPv4 addresses?

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  4. Wow by kd3bj · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Great news! What _other_ two systems are using IPv6 now?

  5. oooo by revxul · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I know I'm gong to be modded down for this crack, but...

    Wow! It went from one user to three!

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  6. Re:IPV4 addresses are NOT running out by socsoc · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Any kind of webserver. Try running two of them on the same IP address.

    Seriously? I guess you have never heard of virtual hosting.

    Remote desktop. When troubleshooting, I can't just ask the person I'm helping to install VNC, because then I'd have to explain to them how open the port.

    If you can't provide them with a batch file that opens port 5900 for you, then stop trying to do remote support. Also remote desktop != vnc.