Information about IP Addresses

Hey All,

I know tensions have been high this past week and half, but I assure you! your questions will be answered. And here is a little information about the IP Addresses and the reason why we have taken a long time to bring the server back online.

IP Addresses:
Our server runs on IPv4 (Internet Protocol Version 4) This is the globally used IP Address. Which is what we all commonly know as the 192.168.1.0 (those 4 numbers with the dots!) However these numbers were limited to 4,294,967,296 Addresses. (Yes there is a Limit). Out of those addresses about 18 million are used to run people's computers, private networks etc. And about 270 million are used for multicast addresses (such for LAN etc). However this year with the internet blooming there is a very limited addresses for websites (such as ours.) That's why we are waiting for us getting a new IP Address. However, there is a development of a new IP Address system (which I hope is implemented everywhere soon) that will take this worry off of our shoulders.

Again thank you for your patience and I hope you all learned a little bit from this :)