Internet Protocol (IP) Limits : IPv4 & IPv6
Yesterday on Google’s blog, they talked about the exhaustion of IP addresses (basically when the number of IP addresses runs out). IPv4 provides approximately 4 billion IP address (2^32). The number available will eventually go to zero with the exponentially growing WWW. That is why IPv6 is developing, which provides a whole lot more. Google search is now available in IPv6 (only viewable if you’re on IPv6 connection), which provides nearly 3 billion networks to every person. IPv6 is starting to really be developed, and should soon become wide spread across internet users’ computers.
“IPv6 interfaces have link-local addresses in addition to the global addresses that applications usually use. These link-local addresses are always present and never change, which simplifies the design of configuration and routing protocols.” -Wikipedia IPv6
This is amazing. Look how far the World Wide Web has come in just 8 years, or even 3.
