IPv4 vs. IPv6: Address Exhaustion and the Path Forward
IPv4 vs. IPv6: Address Exhaustion and the Path Forward Understand why IPv4 addresses ran out, how IPv6 solves the problem, and what the transition means for users, administrators, and developers. TL;DR — Key Takeaways IPv4 uses 32-bit addresses (~4.3 billion total), and they have been fully allocated since 2011. The internet has been running on … Read more