Hi, does anyone know of some definitive sources of information on this, or have further details, particularly expected timing of mobile IPV4 switch-off, both for UK and globally? Thanks
Hi, does anyone know of some definitive sources of information on this, or have further details, particularly expected timing of mobile IPV4 switch-off, both for UK and globally? Thanks
A few (well, quite a few) years ago we seemed to be running out of IPv4 addresses (since they where only 4 bytes = 32 bits long), and IPv6 seemed like a very urgent solution. But other techniques - like network address translation (NAT) that can put many device behind single public IP address have avoided the original problem, or at least delayed it for long enough that the immediate problem feels to have gone away. I doubt the mobile sector will be able to abandon IPv4 ahead of the rest of the internet.
- Andy.
A few (well, quite a few) years ago we seemed to be running out of IPv4 addresses (since they where only 4 bytes = 32 bits long), and IPv6 seemed like a very urgent solution. But other techniques - like network address translation (NAT) that can put many device behind single public IP address have avoided the original problem, or at least delayed it for long enough that the immediate problem feels to have gone away. I doubt the mobile sector will be able to abandon IPv4 ahead of the rest of the internet.
- Andy.
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