Weird IP issues lately?

[Kochieboy]

Well, IPv4 has been all used up ages ago, technically we've been using IPv6 and just not knowing.

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[McJob]

Well, IPv4 has been all used up ages ago, technically we've been using IPv6 and just not knowing.

wha

You're joking right? You can't be serious with this.

[Kochieboy]

wha

You're joking right? You can't be serious with this.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4_address_exhaustion

As the IPv4 address pool depletes, some ISPs will not be able to provide globally routable IPv4 addresses to customers. Nevertheless, customers are likely to require access to services on the IPv4 Internet. Several technologies have been developed for providing IPv4 service over an IPv6 access network.

[McJob]

Only a small portion (relatively) of Internet-connected devices are currently using IPv6. We aren't likely to see mass-rollouts of IPv6 IPs for a while yet. ISPs are known for being ridiculously slow and tedious with any kind of service upgrades, and the process of updating all of your clients to IPv6 is a bit tougher than pressing a big red switch.

You said:

technically we've been using IPv6 and just not knowing.

Unless you were referring specifically to users with the "Unknown IP" issue (which wasn't clear in your post, hence my confusion), that is completely untrue.

[Kochieboy]

Only a small portion (relatively) of Internet-connected devices are currently using IPv6. We aren't likely to see mass-rollouts of IPv6 IPs for a while yet. ISPs are known for being ridiculously slow and tedious with any kind of service upgrades, and the process of updating all of your clients to IPv6 is a bit tougher than pressing a big red switch.

You said:

Unless you were referring specifically to users with the "Unknown IP" issue (which wasn't clear in your post, hence my confusion), that is completely untrue.

Yeah, sorry for generalizing, but some ISPs have been using this method to keep IPv4 rolling whilst IPv6 is in the process of being rolled out. We were taught in my CS course back at high school that IPv4 was exhausted even before the class started, so he wanted us to understand the significance and usage of IPv6 now.

[phflack]

IPv4 was "exhausted" because so many addresses were reserved
it's not like every IPv4 address is actually in use

[Decepticon]

wait forget so my IPv4 lawyer has limited time left?

[joe411]

So, how long will it be before everything is forgeted up?