Fast Facts

The IANA pool of available IPv4 addresses was exhausted on 3 February, 2011.

The RIPE NCC is still able to allocate IPV4 addresses to its members from its pool of IPv4 addresses for an unspecified period.

The Internet will not stop functioning when the remaining IPv4 addresses are depleted.

Deploying IPv6 is the only option for Internet growth and evolution.


IPv4 Exhaustion

IANA's central pool of available IPv4 addresses was exhausted on 1 February 2011. The depletion of the pool of IPv4 addresses is a key milestone in the history of the development of the Internet.

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Over the last several years, the RIPE NCC, together with the other Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), has worked tirelessly to inform all stakeholders about the urgent need to adopt and deploy IPv4's successor, IPv6.
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Questions about IPv6 answered

It is now more crucial than ever that ISPs, governments, network providers and other stakeholders ensure that they are IPv6 ready to ensure that the innovative evolution of the Internet continues.
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IPv4 Exhaustion

RIPE NCC IPv4 Available Pool Graph

The RIPE NCC received its last allocation from the central pool of IPv4 on 3 February 2011. This graph shows the current number of IPv4 addresses held by the RIPE NCC.

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