IP addresses are used to identify computers and other devices connected to the internet. The IP address version currently in wide use is Version 4 (IPv4). IPv4 addresses are aggregated by prefix. The recommended longest IPv4 prefix length is currently a /24, which is 256 IPv4 addresses.
The distribution of IPv4 addresses, aggregated by prefix, for countries or territories in the Indian Ocean is as follows:
| /24 | |
| Comoros | 20 |
| Madagascar | 655 |
| Mauritius | 8076 |
| Mayotte | 4 |
| Réunion | 1176 |
| Seychelles | 31129 |
The IPv4 address usage for Mauritius in 2016 was much lower than the amount of IPv4 /24 prefixes listed in the table. The data in the table does not provide an accurate picture of IPv4 address consumption by country or territory.