---
title: IPv6Address
framework: network
role: symbol
role_heading: Structure
path: network/ipv6address
---

# IPv6Address

A structure containing an IPv6 address.

## Declaration

```swift
struct IPv6Address
```

## Topics

### Creating Addresses

- [init(_:)](network/ipv6address/init(_:).md)
- [init(_:_:)](network/ipv6address/init(_:_:).md)
- [asIPv4](network/ipv6address/asipv4.md)

### Inspecting Address Properties

- [rawValue](network/ipv6address/rawvalue.md)
- [interface](network/ipv6address/interface.md)
- [multicastScope](network/ipv6address/multicastscope.md)
- [IPv6Address.Scope](network/ipv6address/scope.md)
- [isAny](network/ipv6address/isany.md)
- [is6to4](network/ipv6address/is6to4.md)
- [isIPv4Compatabile](network/ipv6address/isipv4compatabile.md)
- [isIPv4Mapped](network/ipv6address/isipv4mapped.md)
- [isLinkLocal](network/ipv6address/islinklocal.md)
- [isLoopback](network/ipv6address/isloopback.md)
- [isMulticast](network/ipv6address/ismulticast.md)

### Setting Well-Known Addresses

- [any](network/ipv6address/any.md)
- [broadcast](network/ipv6address/broadcast.md)
- [loopback](network/ipv6address/loopback.md)
- [nodeLocalNodes](network/ipv6address/nodelocalnodes.md)
- [linkLocalNodes](network/ipv6address/linklocalnodes.md)
- [linkLocalRouters](network/ipv6address/linklocalrouters.md)

### Instance Properties

- [isUniqueLocal](network/ipv6address/isuniquelocal.md)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [IPAddress](network/ipaddress.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)

## See Also

### Internet Addresses

- [IPAddress](network/ipaddress.md)
- [IPv4Address](network/ipv4address.md)