http://tcllib.sourceforge.net/doc/tcllib_ip.html

The '''Internet Protocol''' (described in [RFC] 791 [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0791.txt]), 
which controls how machines talk to and address each other.  
Usually you have [TCP] or [UDP] layered over the top to provide port-based addressing and checksums...

The most common version of IP at the moment is version 4, though you may well also see version 6 
about from time to time (mostly at very large ISPs though.)

The currently used checksum in IPV4 as described in RFC 791 [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0791.txt] is known as the [Internet Checksum].

[[Need more info on the difference between IPv4 and IPv6...]]


If you need to manipulate internet addresses, read [Handling internet addresses].
You may also be interested in the [DNS] page for turning hostnames into addresses.

See also [A Little CIDR Calculator]

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'''[pgurumur] - 2012-08-19 07:48:52'''

Created a new project for manipulating IPv4/IPv6 addresses using tcl, http://code.google.com/p/netaddr-tcl/ almost does the same thing, but adds few more stuff.

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