So, we have one problem (IPv4 exhaustion), solved by creating another problem (CGNAT), which becomes another thing to solve. Coders and network admins have spent tens of thousands of hours solving ...

LiveBrianD asked the Networking forum what will happen to the Internet when we run out of IPv4 addresses. Every router, smart phone, or other device on the Internet must have its own Internet Protocol ...

If you are using Internet or almost any computer network you will likely using IPv4 packets. IPv4 uses 32-bit source and destination address fields. We are actually running out of addresses but have ...

The few blocks of Internet addresses yet to be allocated under the old IPv4 protocol seem to be home to some “hotspots” of unwanted traffic that anyone who gets the addresses would have to pay for, a ...

If your company network is having problems and you need to troubleshoot it, you also need to know some basic information about the computers on the network. Internet Protocol is the underlying ...

Psst! Wanna buy a used IP address? In as little as 18 months, the world may run out of IP addresses, which could lead to the emergence of an illicit market in IP address trafficking, says John Curran, ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. We've been hearing about an upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol for years and yet ...

If you're troubleshooting some network problems in your office and some computers are connected to a router, you may need the IP address of each computer, its primary DNS server and the default router ...