---
name: "address6"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "thc-ipv6"
version: "3.8-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/address6"
---

# address6(8)

## NAME

**address6**

## SYNOPSIS

	address6 mac-address \[ipv6-prefix\]\
 	address6 ipv4-address \[ipv6-prefix\]\
 	address6 ipv6-address

Converts a mac or IPv4 address to an IPv6 address (link local if no prefix is given as 2nd option) or, when given an IPv6 address, prints the mac or IPv4 address. Prints all possible variations. Returns -1 on errors or the number of variations found

## AUTHOR

thc-ipv6 was written by van Hauser \<vh@thc.org\> / THC

The homepage for this toolkit is: https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6

## COPYRIGHT

address6 3.8 (c) 2020 by van Hauser / THC \<vh@thc.org\> www.github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6