[clug] IPv6

Dale Shaw dale.shaw at gmail.com
Mon Jan 10 20:41:54 MST 2011


Hi,

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Dale Shaw <dale.shaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Probably that at the beginning of December there are only 7 IPv4 /8s
> left for IANA to allocate to the RIRs (like APNIC). And when the next
> two are allocated, the last 5 are allocated at the same time.
>
> As far as unallocated IPv4 address space goes, it's just about gone.
> Another month or two.

For those that are interested, APNIC has an updated page dedicated to
IPv4 address exhaustion:
http://www.apnic.net/community/ipv4-exhaustion

The information is easy to digest so it might be a useful reference
for people (including end users) keen to learn more about what's
happening.

Cheers,
Dale


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