What happens when we run out of IPv4 addresses? <- Can no more devices connect to the internet?
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Nothing?
Nothing personal, since I don’t know you, but devices actually connected to the Internet are rare. You might have a modem/router that has an IPv4 address, but that address isn’t really important to you. If your ISP couldn’t give you an IPv4 address, and gave you an IPv6 one instead, it’s unlikely you’d even know. How many people have you ever given your IP address to? That’s how only small parts of the Internet work.
You computer and xBox are on a local network with DHCP addresses controlled by that modem/router. That’s where the explosive growth in IoT devices is occurring. Since each modem/router likely has addresses for 65K+ devices, and you probably have <100 – it seems like you’re covered.
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