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North America Runs Out of IPv4 Addresses

Posted by timothy on from the well-sorta dept.

DW100 writes: The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) has been forced to reject a request for more IPv4 addresses for the first time as its stock of remaining address reaches exhaustion. The lack of IPv4 addresses has led to renewed calls for the take-up of IPv6 addresses in order to start embracing the next era of the internet.

8 of 307 comments (clear)

  1. Just reuse them... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everyone I know just uses 127.0.0.1. What do we need all these new ones for?

    1. Re:Just reuse them... by Al+Al+Cool+J · · Score: 4, Funny

      Wait - so we could have a whole section of the internet that Windows computers fundamentally can't access? Sign me up!

  2. I've got some I can sell ya by Snotnose · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm only using 8 addresses out of my 192.168.1.1/24 class C block, I could probably be talked into auctioning off the other 240+ addresses. Call me, maybe?

  3. Re:Cell phone uses IPv6 by funwithBSD · · Score: 4, Funny

    Meh.

    Whatever.

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    Never answer an anonymous letter. - Yogi Berra
  4. Damn kids. by AnotherBlackHat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Get off my internet!

  5. Re:Proofread. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    EXTREMINATE!

  6. Re:I've tried turning IPV4 off.. by OrangeTide · · Score: 5, Funny

    I fail to see the problem.

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    “Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
  7. Re:The addresses are there... but still... by thrig · · Score: 3, Funny

    They only managed token ring wraiths, though.