Online Tech Ready To Help As Internet 'Runs Out' Of Addresses
It's official. This week, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority announced that the world is out of Internet addresses.
In the current format, Internet protocol addresses, numerical addresses that direct Internet traffic to the right location, only support 4,294,967,296 unique addresses. As of today, all of those Internet addresses have been handed out by IANA.
That doesn't mean that the Internet has stopped growing. To accommodate that growth, a new version of the Internet addressing system called IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is ready to go and it greatly expands the Internet space to 3.4 undecillion (340 x 1,036) unique addresses. That's equivalent to 50 octillion addresses for every man, woman and child living in the world today, which experts believe should support the Internet for centuries to come.
An example of a IPv4 to IPv6 format change would be moving from 66.220.149.32 to 2620:0:1cfe:face:b00c:0:0:3.
The transition to the new Internet protocol is predicted to take place over the next several years. On June 8, Online Tech will join Web giants like Google, Facebook, and Yahoo for World IPv6 day, a 24-hour test of the new Internet protocol for major Web sites across the country. Online Tech will adopt IPv6 for its own Web site and services, and ensure that its data center and hosting clients are fully prepared for transition to the new Internet protocol as it gains momentum.
To help Michigan businesses prepare for the transition, Ann Arbor-based Online Tech is hosting an IPv6 Webinar on April 6 at 4 p.m. Eastern time. The Webinar will provide an overview of the transition and give businesses a step by step guide for preparation. For more information, please visit www.onlinetech.com/ipv6.
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