Running out of IPv4 addresses will not mean the end of the Internet, but it will require a big change. This change is coming in the form of IPv6. In June, ARIN had foreshadowed the problem, “It is ...

I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...

As cofounder of IPXO, an IP management platform, I've spent over a decade in internet infrastructure, watching IPv4 addresses evolve from basic networking tools into valuable financial assets. What ...

When IPv4 was standardized in the early 1980s, its designers chose a 32-bit address space, allowing for roughly 4.3 billion unique addresses. At the time, the internet was a research network with only ...

The big picture: In the world of tech, IP addresses are akin to digital real estate. Just like in the physical realm where urban sprawl is an issue, the IPv4 territory is becoming increasingly crowded ...