The Internet is running out of IP addresses

IPonline

NEW YORK: With everything from smartphones to Internet-linked appliances and cars getting online, the group entrusted with organising the Web is running out of the “IP” numbers that identify destinations for digital traffic.

The touted solution to the problem is a switch to a standard called IPv6 that allows trillions of Internet addresses, while the current IPv4 standard provides a meagre four billion or so.