IPv4 allocations-not many left

[Steve]

ZDNet has reported
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-385195.html

It looks like the previous estimates of 2012 may not be correct, we could run out of IPv4 address allocations sooner especially if there is a big demand this year.

[Rik]

IDNet are ready for v6.

[Simon]

 

[Rik]

 

[Colin Burns]

suppose the question is what happened to IP v5

[Steve]

I think odd IPv are experimental

[cmeerw]

While IDNet might be ready for IPv6, parts of the BT network still suffers from packet corruption issues for small IPv6 packets, see http://aaisp.net.uk/news-ipv6.html

[Steve]

And are we surprised? Sadly we are not!

[Gary]

Trouble is how many IPV6 capable home routers are there out there?

[somanyholes]

Unplug your IPv4 fridges now

[Rik]

Not to mention TVs, Bluray players etc.

[Gary]

Unplug your IPv4 fridges now

That's just scary, I can see that going wrong and ending up with 22 pints of milk due to a bug 

[Rik]

Drink them all and you'll probably get a bug.

[somanyholes]

or the wrong fish or meat, that would give some on here a heart failure 

[Rik]

You called?

[wecpcs]

Trouble is how many IPV6 capable home routers are there out there?

I have just been looking into this since I noticed somewhere that AAISP are dropping IPv4 completely and on the Netgear forum a moderator has stated that no Netgear routers support IPv6. I can see many problems ahead.

Colin

[Rik]

I think you're right, Colin. Look how slow router manufacturers have been at adopting gigabit ports.

[adamr8965]

i have know idea what ipv's are 

[Rik]

We are all uniquely identified while on the net by an IP address, that's how traffic knows where to go when you click on a link, for example. The current version is 4, hence IPv4, but we are rapidly running out of these numbers (much as we ran out of phone numbers in the UK). The cure is to move to IPv6, which uses a 'bigger' number to identify people and hence can provide the extra addresses.

[adamr8965]

i see, so there's no problem swapping over then.

[Rik]

None. I don't know whether everyone will swap or just new numbers will be in v6 format, but it should be painless for the user.

[adamr8965]

Cool,

[adamr8965]

Another sign rik thats there to many people in the world.

[Rik]

Or, at least, that there's too many on the 'net.

[adamr8965]

There about 60million households in the uk, how many have internet?

[Rik]

I don't know the official figure, tbh, but based on a 'survey' of neighbours, friends and relatives, I'd say about 2/3rds.

[adamr8965]

that's alot even my gran has got the internet and she in her late 70's

[Steve]

GB will know?

[Rik]

Team GB or miserable old git GB?

[adamr8965]

old git gb maybe.

[Rik]

Very likely.

[Rik]

The official figure is 63%, so not a bad guess on my part:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?ID=8

[adamr8965]

how many of them are with talktalk and sky.

[Rik]

Too many.

[adamr8965]

correct answer

[Simon]

Whxt happened to IPv5?

[Rik]

It was tried and abandoned.

[adamr8965]

why what happened with it?

[Rik]

I don't know. It didn't prove robust enough or, more likely, the growth in connections indicated it wouldn't last long.

[Gary]

I have just been looking into this since I noticed somewhere that AAISP are dropping IPv4 completely.
Colin

I think that was an April fool AAISP style  Along with Apples iHTML 

[wecpcs]

I think that was an April fool AAISP style  Along with Apples iHTML 

I think you are right as the item regarding it has now disappeared from their News section

Colin