eight 16-bit groups
Optionalprefix: number | null = null
0..128, or null for a plain address
the first usable host (the network address itself for a /127 or /128)
the last usable host (the highest address in the block for a /127 or /128)
the netmask implied by the prefix, as a bare address
the block's network address (prefix carried through)
compressed form, plus /prefix when present
Staticparsee.g. ::1, fe80::1/64, ::ffff:10.0.0.1
A parsed IPv6 address with an optional CIDR prefix -- CASC.md ยง6.7's
::1/fe80::/10. MirrorsCooper.IPv6, including its rendering (seetoString()).Unlike
IPv4there's nobroadcast(): IPv6 has no broadcast address, and faking one would be misleading.