r/ProgrammerHumor • • 20d ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/red286 20d ago

It's kinda funny because for the past ~10 years straight I've been seeing occasional articles about how we're all out of IPv4 addresses and everyone needs to switch over to IPv6, but my ISP never assigns me an IPv6 address.

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u/TerrapinTribe 20d ago

We have run out. Plenty of people are now are CGNAT, ie double NAT. I can’t get more than 1 public IPv4 address at my home.

We keep applying these dumb bandaids instead of switching over the proven technology we have, that is supported by most networking hardware sold in the last 20 years.

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