Today we had an interesting discussion in class about the fact that the world is literally running out of IPv4 addresses. In fact, it is predicted that by around May of 2012 there will no longer be any available IPv4 addresses (I guess Nostradamus was right...). This leads to the interesting question of how and when IPv6 will be implemented. Of course, many new computers and devices already have IPv6 addresses, but will router configurations need to be changed? Are there tables of IP addresses that will need to be washed away and reinstated with the new IP addresses? Basically, what kind of overhead will this involve?
Also, is this another Y2K incident? Or is this a legitimate issue that needs to be looked into further so that we truly understand the repercussions? I am inclined to believe it may be an important step in history of networking, but I have a feeling it may not be as hard to convert over as it sounds. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
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