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No IPv6 Doomsday In 2012

Posted by timothy on from the get-your-panic-while-supplies-last dept.

itwbennett writes "Yes, IPv4 addresses are running out, but a Y2K-style disaster/frenzy won't be coming in 2012. Instead, businesses are likely to spend the coming year preparing to upgrade to IPv6, experts say. Of course there's a chance that panic will ensue when Europe's RIPE hands out its last IPv4 addresses this summer, but 'most [businesses] understand that they can live without having to make any major investments immediately,' said IDC analyst Nav Chander. Plus, it won't be until 2013 that North America will run out of IPv4 addresses and there's no sense getting worked up before then."

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  1. Re:Business as usual by pak9rabid · · Score: 4, Informative

    The question I'd like to ask is why don't they just hand out a static IP by default?

    There's a few good reasons off the top of my head that I can think of:

    • - Dynamic IPs cut a lot of bullshit out of support calls
    • - DHCP servers hand out more information that just IPs (default gateway, DNS servers, domain, etc)
    • - ISPs like to have the option of re-allocating blocks of IPs without having to call hundreds/thousands of customers to have them renumber their equipment
  2. Re:Business as usual by XanC · · Score: 4, Informative

    DHCP can be used to hand out a static IP.