[LINK] Unassigned IPv4 addresses exhausted

[Stephen Loosley]

Yes, and thanks, Rick. That’s exactly what I was wondering about in my reply to Glen.
Surely IPv6 awareness is required throughout networks? And so, how aware are we?

And, is this the reason for Australia’s somewhat unusually poor Google graphics here:

https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html#tab=per-country-ipv6-adoption&tab=per-country-ipv6-adoption

Cheers,
Stephen

From: Rick Welykochy<mailto:rick at vitendo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2016 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [LINK] Unassigned IPv4 addresses exhausted

Glen Turner wrote:

> There's a slight difference between the above and the IAB's statement
> that "the *pool* of unassigned IPv4 addresses has been exhausted". That
> is, all IPv4 addressing at IANA has been assigned out to the regional
> internet registries (APNIC, etc). Those registries could be holding
> unassigned IPv4 address blocks, or they may have exhausted supplies
> too. In any case, a specification from a international standards body
> can't depend upon a supply being available.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_IPv6_support_in_operating_systems

At the very least, it appears that the Big Three operating systems support
IPv6. Now for all those routers, cable modems and other comms equipment.

cheers
rickw


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