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Mobile IPs will be a problem until the entire Internet is IPv6. The issue is that there are not enough IPv4 addresses for everyone to get their own IP every tim
by kingcharles 5y ago
Mobile IPs will be a problem until the entire Internet is IPv6. The issue is that there are not enough IPv4 addresses for everyone to get their own IP every time their phone connects to the Internet. So the mobile networks use one IP for many handsets. Block the IP, block dozens of different (innocent) people.
Once we're all on IPv6 we can go back to blocking IPs. But then IPv6 creates its own problems.
- AlexanderTheGr8 5y agoDoesn't the same idea apply for normal IPs (non-mobile IPs)? Our computers also don't get their separate IPv4 address. We use NATs. So how can someone block our computer specifically without blocking dozens of innocent people using the same public IPv4 address? Basically what's different about mobile and laptop IPs?
- mike_d 5y agoCGNAT is done at a ridiculously large scale in mobile networks. Your home or local coffee shop might have 10-20 users max behind a single IP. A mobile network on the other hand might put most a small-medium city behind 3 or 4 IPs.