I learned about Networks and they kept talking about 32-bit addresses and the textbook kept saying that IP has so and so many addresses. I looked at the number and it was not very large, not at all compared to the number of devices that I know are connected to the internet and the number that might need to be connected soon. So then I asked, "Won't the internet run out of IP addresses?"
Even with proxies and masking, IP addresses are still being used. So then the book counteracted many sections later, maybe even chapters later. Since I'm a slow reader, this was also weeks later.
The book then introduced IPv6 and showed the number of possible slots. Knowing the number of humans in the world and the number that IPv6 could hold, I no longer had any fears that IP addresses would run out with the new schema. So that answered my question.
This youtube video also attempts to answer the same question I had regarding IP addresses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d49sEAU5Ws
Even with proxies and masking, IP addresses are still being used. So then the book counteracted many sections later, maybe even chapters later. Since I'm a slow reader, this was also weeks later.
The book then introduced IPv6 and showed the number of possible slots. Knowing the number of humans in the world and the number that IPv6 could hold, I no longer had any fears that IP addresses would run out with the new schema. So that answered my question.
This youtube video also attempts to answer the same question I had regarding IP addresses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d49sEAU5Ws
