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General discussion

Ip address solution

Jul 23, 2010 6:12AM PDT

You mension that we are running out of IP address for the internet. All we have to do is chabge the number system from base 10 to base 16

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f so the IP address would look like this a00.0.0.1 This would extented it so the router now do not need software fixs and we can grow. Only new routers have to worry about handling the base 16 numbers.

Hawkster
Sun City AZ

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Ip address solution
Jul 23, 2010 7:23AM PDT

Go on IPv6

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ip solution
Jul 23, 2010 7:59AM PDT

We talking about IPv4 changes not IPv6 changes Two different addressing

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No
Jul 23, 2010 12:31PM PDT

It would still be a new IP system.

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Ip solution
Jul 24, 2010 1:09AM PDT

The only other way to do it is to raise the ip subnet to 511 which would double the ip address

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This
Jul 25, 2010 7:54AM PDT

Would be just as much trouble to implement as IPv6.