Despite its exhaustion, several users and organizations have been using IPv4 and may do so for a long period. Therefore, IPv6 and IPv4 may coexist for a long time. This means it is an exaggeration to make claims about the death of IPv4 technology. The world is at a phase where the IPv4 addresses that regional internet registries allocated have been exhausted. Still, despite considerable attempts to encourage the adoption of IPv6, IPv4 technology is here to stay. While the adoption of IPv6 has expedited over the past few years, it is still not the most dominant IP technology used globally.
So, IPv4 continues to fight back; while it is not dead, it has turned into a costly piece of technology. It is possible to resolve IPv4 exhaustion if organizations buy IPv4 address blocks in larger quantities through the open marketplace. Several organizations, which include enterprise businesses, higher education and internet providers, have IPv4 address infrastructure and pools that they should keep leveraging. So, it makes business sense to solve IPv4 address exhaustion through CGNAT solutions.
Devices, web content and networks contribute to the notion of full IPv6 address adoption. In the event that any of those does not fully rely on IPv6, both addressing schemes would coexist. Read on to know more about IP addresses.
Organizations Can Use CGNAT To Solve IPv4 Address Exhaustion
For instance, several universities once offered a large bunch of Internet Protocol version 4 addresses for free and then made their network infrastructures IPv4-compatible. That allocation strategy has become strained since faculty and students required connectivity between at least five devices and university networks. CGNAT, with NAT444 or NAT44, can expand the pools of IP addresses by at least 40 to 60X, aiding budget-constrained businesses in extending investment without buying new IPv4 addresses from the marketplace.
Employees, Students, Subscribers And Others Still Wish To Get To IPv4-Only Online Sites
Yahoo, Facebook, Wikipedia, Google, YouTube, Netflix and other high-traffic online destinations support IPv6. However, only 17% of sites use IPv6, whereas globally, only around 30% of Google searches rely on it. This means that about 70% of Google search queries access IPv4-only online sites.
Every organization must balance growing IPv6 traffic volume and devices against alternative network technological initiatives like edge, cloud and software-defined networking. Connected devices, which include cellular Internet of Things devices, are likely to surpass 24 billion in four years, doubling 2019 numbers. The additional ten billion-plus devices are likely to be IPv6 devices. So, almost every organization should manage an increasing IPv6-enabled device base with older Internet Protocol version 4 devices that can connect to IPv6 and IPv4 content. Both environments should not only coexist for a while but also accommodate the alternative technology-related transitions that businesses and users require.
