IP address allocation

IP address allocation

IP address allocation is the process of distributing IP addresses to organizations world-wide. It is managed by IANA and several Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).

See also

* IANA
* IPv4 address exhaustion
* [http://www.ip2location.com/ip2location-internet-ip-address-2008-report.aspx Internet IP Address Allocation by Country 2008 Report]


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