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IPv4 address exhaustion
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IPv4 address exhaustion
The continual depletion of Internet addresses that conform to the original 32-bit IPv4 addressing scheme. IPv4 provides 4.3 billion unique addresses, but they are rapidly being eliminated as remaining addresses are assigned to more and more organizations and devices that go online. The IPv6 128-bit addressing scheme provides "skintillions" of addresses. See IANA, IPv6 and IP address.


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IPv6 adoption is being fueled by the impending IPv4 address shortage, new applications such as multicast-based streaming video, EU legislation, and DoD mandate.
Several international telecommunications service providers are beginning to deploy commercial IPv6 networks now, in advance of the anticipated IPv4 address shortage that will ultimately occur as the continued wave of Internet-ready appliances and devices are developed and introduced to the global marketplace.
IPv6 adoption is being fuelled by the looming IPv4 address shortage, new applications (such as multicast-based streaming video), EU legislation, and DoD mandate.
 
 
 
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