Reputation: 601
My interface is setup:
iface eth1 inet6 static
address 0:0:0:0:0:ffff:6464:640a
netmask 64
but when running ifconfig eth1
you see the following configuration:
eth1 inet6 addr: 100.100.100.10/64 Scope:Global
This is because 0:0:0:0:0:ffff:6464:640a
translates into 100.100.100.10/64
.
I have a code in python that retreives the IP Addresses from each interface:
import netifaces
interface_info = netifaces.ifaddresses('eth1')
if netifaces.AF_INET6 in interface_info:
return interface_info[netifaces.AF_INET][0]['addr']
The above code returns the IPv6 of eth1 as ::ffff:100.100.100.10
.
For my code, I need that the IPv6 will be the original hex notation, i.e., ::ffff:6464:640a
and not ::ffff:100.100.100.10
.
Any idea how to achieve this?
Upvotes: 1
Views: 4486
Reputation: 881037
Using the ipaddress
module:
In [54]: import ipaddress
In [55]: addr = '::ffff:100.100.100.10'
In [59]: ipaddress.ip_address(addr)
Out[59]: IPv6Address('::ffff:6464:640a')
In [60]: str(ipaddress.ip_address(addr))
Out[60]: '::ffff:6464:640a'
Upvotes: 3