How to convert IPv6 IP Address to Ipv4 address

[singh_nav]

Hi all, If i check the IP address of any machine then it shows the following notation of IP in case of IPv4 "127.0.0.1" And in case of Ipv6 "fe80::198:8ad2:22fe:2bff8%4" Is there any API or C function or any logic to convert IPv6 address to IPv4 Address for window and linux. Thanks

[David Crow]

singh_nav wrote:

Is there any API or C function or any logic to convert IPv6 address to IPv4 Address for window and linux.

Only to a limited degree. See here for more. The operative sentence is, "Obviously, that's impossible, since IPv6 has a larger address space... Your technique will only work on IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses".

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