It works similar to the Net::IP Perl module.

It's main features allow for easy parsing and handling for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and networks.

Here are some key features of "IPy":

· It can detect about a dozen different ways of expressing IP addresses and networks
· Parse IP addresses
· It can distinguish between IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
· Network mask and prefixes
· Derive network address
· Converts address to string

Requirements:

· Python 2.5 or higher

Limitations:

· It doesn't share non-CIDR netmasks.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· IP('::/0').netmask() gives IP('::') instead of IP('0.0.0.0').