An IP address (also known as an Internet Protocol address) is a short code that identifies your computer or device when you ...

One of the biggest boons of the digital era is that you can't run out digital goods. Unless the "good" in question is an Internal Protocol address. North America has officially exhausted its supply of ...

The vast majority of: network techs, engineers, IT guys, managers, directors, and now CxOs who came up in tech know IPv4. I work with a lot of sales people who need to know addresses as part of what ...

The global body in charge of allocating Internet addresses expects to hand out the final blocks of IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) addresses to regional registrars early next year, it said Monday.

The shortage of IPv4 addresses has reached a critical stage, according to the registries that allocate Internet numbers around the world. The Number Resource Organization (NRO), which represents the ...

The current crop of Internet addresses could start to disappear this week if a regional Internet registry makes one more request for two blocks of addresses. APNIC (Asia Pacific Network Information ...

A joke in networking circles is that the switch from IPv4 to IPv6 is always a few years away. Although IPv6 was introduced in the early 90s as a result of the feared imminent IPv4 address drought ...