python-netaddr

A pure Python network address representation and manipulation library.

netaddr provides a Pythonic way of working with :-

- IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and subnets (including CIDR notation)
- MAC (Media Access Control) addresses in multiple formats
- IEEE EUI-64, OUI and IAB identifiers
- a user friendly IP glob-style format

Included are routines for :-

- generating, sorting and summarizing IP addresses
- converting IP addresses and ranges between various different formats
- performing set based operations on groups of IP addresses and subnets
- arbitrary IP address range calculations and conversions
- querying IEEE OUI and IAB organisational information
- querying of IP standards related data from key IANA data sources

For examples please visit the example wiki pages :-

    http://code.google.com/p/netaddr/wiki/NetAddrExamples

Complete API documentation for the latest release is available online :-

    http://packages.python.org/netaddr/

For details on history changes and updates see the CHANGELOG :-

    http://code.google.com/p/netaddr/wiki/CHANGELOG