"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:26:34 -0800, "JT"
wrote:


"Vic Smith" wrote in message
. ..
Running out of IP addresses.
Similar to phone numbers needing an area code to meet the expanding
need.
Think we got a few years left before a software fix will address it.
When that fix goes in, there's a chance that all computers accessing
the net - which is most now - will crash.
The world will come to a standstill, except for the panic in the
streets.
I wonder if this happens in 2012. Probably. This is really an odd
confluence of events, eh wot?

--Vic

IPv6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6

hth,
JT

Hope this helps?
No! It's a disaster coming!
I'm going to start stocking up on routers now before they're sold out!

From the link you provided:
"As with the year-2000 compatibility, IPv6 compatibility is mainly a
software/firmware issue. However, unlike the year-2000 issue, there
seems to be virtually no effort to ensure compatibility of older
equipment and software by manufacturers. Furthermore, even
compatibility of products now available is unlikely for many types of
software and equipment. This is caused by only a recent realisation
that IPv4 exhaustion is imminent, and the hope that we will be able to
get by for a relatively long time with a combined IPv4/IPv6 situation.
There is a tug-of-war going on in the internet community whether the
transition will/should be rapid or long. Specifically, an important
question is whether almost all internet servers should be ready to
serve to new IPv6-only clients by 2012. Universal access to IPv6-only
servers will be even more of a challenge."



I'm sure the Mayans can fix it.


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