RFC 1883, Section 2.3 describes several types of addresses in the IPv6 addresse space. This methods tries to find the type of address for the given IP.
Warning |
Several address types are markers for reserved spaces and as consequence a subject to change. |
int - the addresstype
The type can be one of this constants:
NET_IPV6_MULTICAST
NET_IPV6_UNICAST_PROVIDER
NET_IPV6_LOCAL_LINK
NET_IPV6_LOCAL_SITE
NET_IPV6_UNKNOWN_TYPE
NET_IPV6_RESERVED_UNICAST_GEOGRAPHIC
NET_IPV6_RESERVED_IPX
NET_IPV6_RESERVED
NET_IPV6_RESERVED_NSAP
NET_IPV6_UNASSIGNED