IPv4 Address Exhaustion

The cluster focuses on the scarcity and exhaustion of IPv4 addresses, including discussions on monopolization, secondary market trading, investment viability, allocation fraud, and the challenges of transitioning to IPv6.

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Sample Comments

snvzz Aug 5, 2025 View on HN

Somebody is obviously monopolizing ipv4 space.

calibas Aug 26, 2022 View on HN

No wonder we're running out of IPv4 addresses.

dorfsmay Sep 27, 2015 View on HN

Good thing IP v4 aren't a sparse resource...

yread Feb 9, 2013 View on HN

No wonder we're out of IPv4 addresses...

znpy Aug 3, 2023 View on HN

Hobby provider most often are already charging for ipv4 addresses.

Lammy Feb 1, 2021 View on HN

My assumption is it's an IPv4 address exhaustion thing too.

Crazy what people will do for IPv4 space these days

lotu Dec 1, 2014 View on HN

Presumably because they have run out of IPV4 addresses

yabones Dec 7, 2021 View on HN

Any pricing info? I imagine they 'save' quite a bit by not having to take one of their IPv4 addresses out of the pool...

elcritch Dec 4, 2024 View on HN

Available IPv4 address space running out in many regions of the world seems like a good business case.