Networking Objects

This chapter includes the various networking Inspectors.

tcp state

These inspectors expose the state of a socket on an endpoint

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socket

These inspectors expose the sockets opened on the network on the endpoint

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wifi

These inspectors expose the WiFi adapters available on an endpoint.

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network

The <network> objects are the keywords used to query the local network configuration.

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network	Returns an object containing properties of the network.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1

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adapter of <network>	<network adapter> Plural: adapters	Returns the one or more network adapter objects of the network.	Win, Lin:8.0, Sol:8.0, HPUX:8.0, AIX:8.0, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
dns server of <network>	<network address list> Plural: dns servers	Returns a list of DNS servers used by the local computer.	Win, WM
interface <integer> of <network>	<network interface> Plural: interfaces	Returns the Nth interface of the network.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
interface of <network>	<network interface> Plural: interfaces	Returns all the interfaces of the network.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
ip interface <integer> of <network>	<network ip interface> Plural: ip interfaces	Returns the Nth ip interface of the network.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
ip interface of <network>	<network ip interface> Plural: ip interfaces	Returns all the ip interfaces of the network.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
winsock2 supported of <network>	<boolean> Plural: winsock2 supporteds	Indicates that winsock2 is supported by the network. If this returns FALSE, many of the other properties of the interface are not available for inspection.	Win, WM

network interface

The network interface object describes a generic network interface, and has information about the name and family of that interface. On the Mac these are commonly of type AF_INET, AF_LINK and AF_INET6.

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interface <integer> of <network>	Returns the Nth interface of the network.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
interface of <network>	Returns all the interfaces of the network. Example: names of interfaces of network - Returns a list of the network interface names, for example, lo0, gif0, stf0, en0.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1

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family of <network interface>	<integer> Plural: families	Returns an family designator of the address family (i.e., 2=AFI_NET).	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1

network ip interface

In general, the network ip interface object holds locally determined properties of logical network devices configured on the computer. On the Mac, these correspond to interfaces of type AF_INET. The properties that are available depend on the socket support installed on the computer. For Windows computers with winsock 2 support installed, for instance, the information is obtained by an ioctl call and includes Interface address, Interface broadcast address, Interface network mask, Broadcast support flag, Multicast support flag, Loopback interface flag and Point to point interface flag.

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ip interface <integer> of <network>	Returns the Nth ip interface of the network.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
ip interface of <network>	Returns all the ip interfaces of the network. Example: names of ip interfaces of network - Returns a list of the names of the network IP interfaces, for example, lo0, en0. Example: addresses of ip interfaces of network - Returns a list of the IP addresses of the network IP interfaces, for example, 127.0.0.1, 192.168.1.100, etcetera.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1

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address of <network ip interface>	<ipv4 address> Plural: addresses	Returns the ip address of the ip interface.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
broadcast address of <network ip interface>	<ipv4 address> Plural: broadcast addresses	Returns the broadcast address of the specified interface as an IPv4 type.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
broadcast support of <network ip interface>	<boolean> Plural: broadcast supports	Indicates that broadcast messages are supported by the ip interface.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
cidr string of <network ip interface>	<string> Plural: cidr strings	Returns the Classless Inter-Domain Routing value for the specified network ip interface as a string type.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
loopback of <network ip interface>	<boolean> Plural: loopbacks	Indicates that the particular network ip interface is a loopback interface.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
multicast support of <network ip interface>	<boolean> Plural: multicast supports	Indicates that multicast messages are supported by the ip interface.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
point to point of <network ip interface>	<boolean> Plural: point to points	Indicates that the interface is a point-to-point interface. Usually TRUE for dialup connections.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
subnet address of <network ip interface>	<ipv4 address> Plural: subnet addresses	Returns the subnet address (IPv4) to which the specified interface belongs.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
subnet mask of <network ip interface>	<ipv4 address> Plural: subnet masks	Returns the subnet mask (IPv4) of the specified network ip interface.As of version 8.0, this Inspector type is derived from an <ipv4or6 address> type.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1

network link interface

The network link interface objects correspond to interfaces of type AF_LINK.

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network share

network address list

A network adapter may be configured to respond to a list of network addresses. This object type provides access to such a list.

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dns server of <network>	Returns a list of DNS servers used by the local computer.	Win, WM
address list of <network adapter>	Returns the address list of the network adapter.	Win, WM
dns server of <network adapter>	Returns a list of DNS servers used by the specified adapter.	Win, WM
gateway list of <network adapter>	Returns the gateway network address list of the network adapter.	Win, WM

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address of <network address list>	<ipv4 address> Plural: addresses	Returns the IP address of the address list.	Win, WM
cidr string of <network address list>	<string> Plural: cidr strings	Returns the Classless Inter-Domain Routing value for the specified network address list as a string value.	Win, WM
subnet address of <network address list>	<ipv4 address> Plural: subnet addresses	Returns the subnet address (IPv4) of the specified network address list.	Win, WM
subnet mask of <network address list>	<ipv4 address> Plural: subnet masks	Returns the subnet mask (IPv4) of the specified network address list.	Win, WM

network adapter

One or more network adapters may be inspected using this property of the network object. Each network adapter has a number of interesting properties such as the MAC address.

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adapter of <network>	Returns the one or more network adapter objects of the network.	Win, Lin:8.0, Sol:8.0, HPUX:8.0, AIX:8.0, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1

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address list of <network adapter>	<network address list> Plural: address lists	Returns the address list of the network adapter.	Win, WM
address of <network adapter>	<ipv4 address> Plural: addresses	Returns the ip address of the network adapter (returns the first address if it is a list).	Win, Lin:8.0, Sol:8.0, HPUX:8.0, AIX:8.0, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
cidr string of <network adapter>	<string> Plural: cidr strings	Returns the Classless Inter-Domain Routing value for the specified network adapter as a string value.	Win, Lin:8.0, Sol:8.0, HPUX:8.0, AIX:8.0, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
description of <network adapter>	<string> Plural: descriptions	Returns the description of the network adapter.	Win, WM
dhcp enabled of <network adapter>	<boolean> Plural: dhcp enableds	Returns TRUE if dhcp is enabled on the network adapter.	Win, WM
dhcp server of <network adapter>	<ipv4 address> Plural: dhcp servers	Returns the ip address of the dhcp server of the network adapter (returns the first address if it is a list).	Win, WM
dns server of <network adapter>	<network address list> Plural: dns servers	Returns a list of DNS servers used by the specified adapter.	Win, WM
dns suffix of <network adapter>	<string> Plural: dns suffixes	Returns the Domain Name System (DNS) suffix associated with the specified adapter.	Win, WM
friendly name of <network adapter>	<string> Plural: friendly names	Returns a user-friendly name for the adapter, for example "Local Area Connection 1".	Win, Lin:8.0, Sol:8.0, HPUX:8.0, AIX:8.0, Mac:8.0, WM, Ubu:8.1
gateway list of <network adapter>	<network address list> Plural: gateway lists	Returns the gateway network address list of the network adapter.	Win, WM
gateway of <network adapter>	<ipv4 address> Plural: gateways	Returns the ip address of the gateway of the network adapter.	Win, WM
ipv6 address of <network adapter>	<ipv6 address> Plural: ipv6 addresses	Returns the local IP address (as IPv6) of the adapter. Only for XP/Server 2003 and later.	Win, WM
ipv6 dns server of <network adapter>	<ipv6 address> Plural: ipv6 dns servers	Returns the DNS server address (as IPv6) of the adapter. Only for XP/Server 2003 and later.	Win, WM
lease expires of <network adapter>	<time> Plural: leases expire	Returns the time that the dhcp lease will expire of the network adapter.	Win, WM
lease obtained of <network adapter>	<time> Plural: leases obtained	Returns the time that the dhcp lease was obtained of the network adapter.	Win, WM
link speed of <network adapter>	<integer> Plural: link speeds	This is a property of a network adapter. It returns the maximum speed of the NIC card in bits per second.	Win, WM
mac address of <network adapter>	<string> Plural: mac addresses	Returns the mac address of the network adapter.	Win, Lin:8.0, Sol:8.0, HPUX:8.0, AIX:8.0, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
maximum transmission unit of <network adapter>	<integer> Plural: maximum transmission units	The maximum transmission unit (MTU) size, in bytes, of the specified adapter.	Win, WM
name of <network adapter>	<string> Plural: names	Returns the name of the network adapter.	Win, Lin:8.0, Sol:8.0, HPUX:8.0, AIX:8.0, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
primary wins server of <network adapter>	<ipv4 address> Plural: primary wins servers	Returns the IPv4 address of the primary wins server of the specified network adapter.	Win, WM
secondary wins server of <network adapter>	<ipv4 address> Plural: secondary wins servers	Returns the IPv4 address of the secondary wins server of the specified network adapter.As of version 8.0 of BES, this Inspector type is derived from an <ipv4or6 address> type.	Win, WM
status of <network adapter>	<integer> Plural: statuses	The operational status for the interface as defined in RFC 2863. It can be one of the values from the IF_OPER_STATUS enumeration type defined in the Iftypes.h header file. On Windows Vista and later, the header files were reorganized and this enumeration is defined in the Ifdef.h header file.	Win, WM
subnet address of <network adapter>	<ipv4 address> Plural: subnet addresses	Returns the subnet address (IPv4) of the specified network adapter.	Win, Lin:8.0, Sol:8.0, HPUX:8.0, AIX:8.0, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
subnet mask of <network adapter>	<ipv4 address> Plural: subnet masks	Returns the subnet mask (IPv4) of the specified network adapter.	Win, Lin:8.0, Sol:8.0, HPUX:8.0, AIX:8.0, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
type of <network adapter>	<integer> Plural: types	Returns the interface type of the specified adapter as defined by the Internet Assigned Names Authority (IANA). Possible values for the interface type are listed in the Ipifcons.h header file.	Win, WM
wakeonlan enabled of <network adapter>	<boolean> Plural: wakeonlan enableds	Returns TRUE if the specified network adapter is configured to react to Wake-On-Lan requests. Wake-On-Lan is a mechanism used to trigger a boot of a machine in standby mode by sending a special packet.Note: Wake-On-Lan is only supported for Windows 2000 and XP machines.	Win, WM
wins enabled of <network adapter>	<boolean> Plural: wins enableds	Returns TRUE if WINS is enabled on the network adapter.	Win, WM

network adapter interface

A network adapter interfaces a computer to a network. These Inspectors expose the adapter so that you can determine its properties, such as its address, subnet mask, mac address and whether or not it supports broadcast, multicast or point-to-point.

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connection

The <connection> objects are used to query your connections. These are all properties of the Internet Connection Firewall, as returned in the NETCON_PROPERTIES structure.

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connection status

The <connection status> objects return information about the status of your connections.

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internet protocol

Returns the firewall internet protocol corresponding to the Microsoft enumerated types, either tcp or udp. The Windows Firewall is supported on Windows XP SP2. For more information, search for 'Windows Firewall API' at the msdn site (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/).

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ip version

The <ip version> Inspectors distinguish between ipv6 and ipv4. The integer representations of these are chosen to meet existing standards.

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ipv4 address

This is an Internet Protocol address, version 4. IP addresses are composed of four single-byte integers separated by periods, such as "192.5.0.7". Note: Prior to version 8.0 of BigFix, this was not a derived type.

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ipv4 address <string>	Returns an ipv4 address for the string provided. Example: ipv4 address "192.168.100.1" - Returns the four-byte ip address 192.168.100.1.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
address of <network ip interface>	Returns the ip address of the ip interface. Example: exists ip interface whose (address of it = "127.0.0.1" and loopback of it) of network - Returns TRUE if the specified ip interface (with loopback) exists on this computer. Example: addresses of ip interfaces of network - Returns a list of IP addresses configured on the machine.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
broadcast address of <network ip interface>	Returns the broadcast address of the specified interface as an IPv4 type.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
subnet address of <network ip interface>	Returns the subnet address (IPv4) to which the specified interface belongs.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
subnet mask of <network ip interface>	Returns the subnet mask (IPv4) of the specified network ip interface.As of version 8.0, this Inspector type is derived from an <ipv4or6 address> type.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
address of <network address list>	Returns the IP address of the address list.	Win, WM
subnet address of <network address list>	Returns the subnet address (IPv4) of the specified network address list.	Win, WM
subnet mask of <network address list>	Returns the subnet mask (IPv4) of the specified network address list.	Win, WM
address of <network adapter>	Returns the ip address of the network adapter (returns the first address if it is a list).	Win, Lin:8.0, Sol:8.0, HPUX:8.0, AIX:8.0, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
dhcp server of <network adapter>	Returns the ip address of the dhcp server of the network adapter (returns the first address if it is a list).	Win, WM
gateway of <network adapter>	Returns the ip address of the gateway of the network adapter.	Win, WM
primary wins server of <network adapter>	Returns the IPv4 address of the primary wins server of the specified network adapter.	Win, WM
secondary wins server of <network adapter>	Returns the IPv4 address of the secondary wins server of the specified network adapter.As of version 8.0 of BES, this Inspector type is derived from an <ipv4or6 address> type.	Win, WM
subnet address of <network adapter>	Returns the subnet address (IPv4) of the specified network adapter.	Win, Lin:8.0, Sol:8.0, HPUX:8.0, AIX:8.0, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
subnet mask of <network adapter>	Returns the subnet mask (IPv4) of the specified network adapter.	Win, Lin:8.0, Sol:8.0, HPUX:8.0, AIX:8.0, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
maximum of <ipv4 address>	Returns the maximum value from a list of <ipv4 address> types.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
minimum of <ipv4 address>	Returns the minimum value from a list of <ipv4 address> types.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
ipv4 part of <ipv6 address>	Returns the lowest 32-bits of the IPv6 address as an IPv4 address.As of version 8.0, this Inspector type is derived from an <ipv4or6 address> type.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1

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<ipv4 address> {cmp} <ipv4 address>	<boolean>	Returns a boolean TRUE/FALSE depending on the result of the comparison, where:{cmp} is one of: =, !=, <, <=, >, >= .	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM
<string> {cmp} <ipv4 address>	<boolean>	Returns a boolean TRUE/FALSE depending on the result of the comparison, where:{cmp} is one of: =, !=, <, <=, >, >= .	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM
<ipv4 address> {cmp} <string>	<boolean>	Returns a boolean TRUE/FALSE depending on the result of the comparison, where:{cmp} is one of: =, !=, <, <=, >, >= .	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM

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<ipv4 address> as ipv6 address	<ipv6 address>	Returns the specified IPv4 address embedded in a IPv6 address space as defined by RFC 4291 section 2.5.5.2: IPv4-Mapped IPv6 Address. In this scheme the lowest 32 bits of the IPv6 address contain the IPv4 address, the next higher 16 bits are all 1 (ffff) and the remaining bits are all 0.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
<ipv4 address> as string	<string>	Converts the ipv4 address to a string.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
extrema of <ipv4 address>	<( ipv4 address, ipv4 address )> Plural: extremas	Returns the minimum and maximum extreme values of the given list of <ipv4 address> types.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
maximum of <ipv4 address>	<ipv4 address> Plural: maxima	Returns the maximum value from a list of <ipv4 address> types.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
minimum of <ipv4 address>	<ipv4 address> Plural: minima	Returns the minimum value from a list of <ipv4 address> types.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
unique value of <ipv4 address>	<ipv4 address with multiplicity> Plural: unique values	Returns the unique values of a given list of <ipv4 address> types, removing duplicates and sorting by value.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1

ipv4 address with multiplicity

The <ipv4 address with multiplicity> Inspectors deal with ipv4 address arrays, allowing you to extract unique ipv4 addresses and count them.

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unique value of <ipv4 address>	Returns the unique values of a given list of <ipv4 address> types, removing duplicates and sorting by value.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1

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multiplicity of <ipv4 address with multiplicity>	<integer> Plural: multiplicities	Sorts the list and returns the multiplicity, or count, of each unique element in the specified list of multiple <ipv4 address> types.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1

ipv6 address

The <ipv6 address> Inspectors deal with the Internet Protocol addressing scheme, version 6. Note: Prior to version 8.0 of BigFix, this was not a derived type.

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<string> as ipv6 address	Converts a string representations of an IPv6 address (with colons and/or dots) as an IPv6 address type.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
ipv6 address <string>	Converts a string representations of an IPv6 address (with colons and/or dots) into an IPv6 address type.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
ipv6 address of <network adapter>	Returns the local IP address (as IPv6) of the adapter. Only for XP/Server 2003 and later.	Win, WM
ipv6 dns server of <network adapter>	Returns the DNS server address (as IPv6) of the adapter. Only for XP/Server 2003 and later.	Win, WM
<ipv4 address> as ipv6 address	Returns the specified IPv4 address embedded in a IPv6 address space as defined by RFC 4291 section 2.5.5.2: IPv4-Mapped IPv6 Address. In this scheme the lowest 32 bits of the IPv6 address contain the IPv4 address, the next higher 16 bits are all 1 (ffff) and the remaining bits are all 0.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
maximum of <ipv6 address>	Returns the maximum value from a list of <ipv6 address> types.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
minimum of <ipv6 address>	Returns the minimum value from a list of <ipv6 address> types.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1

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<ipv6 address> {cmp} <ipv6 address>	<boolean>	Where {cmp} is one of: <, <=, =.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM

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<ipv6 address> as compressed string	<string>	Similar to casting as a string, but with double colons used to represent multiple zero 16-bit parts (RFC 4291 section 2.2, item 2).	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
<ipv6 address> as compressed string with ipv4	<string>	Similar to casting as a string, but with both colon-compression and standard IPv4 representation for the low 32-bits.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
<ipv6 address> as string	<string>	Returns a string representation of the IPv6 address in the form x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x, where each x represents one to four hexadecimal digits of the eight 16-bit address fields. Leading zeros in an individual field are omitted. See RFC 4291 section 2.2, item 1.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
<ipv6 address> as string with ipv4	<string>	Similar to casting as a string, but with the lowest 32 bits of the address in the standard IPv4 representation (RFC 4291 section 2.2, item 3).	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
<ipv6 address> as string with leading zeros	<string>	Similar to casting as a string, but leading zeros in individual fields are preserved.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
extrema of <ipv6 address>	<( ipv6 address, ipv6 address )> Plural: extremas	Returns the minimum and maximum extreme values of the given list of <ipv6 address> types.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
hexadecet <integer> of <ipv6 address>	<integer> Plural: hexadecets	Returns one of the eight 16-bit parts (hexadecets) of an IPv6 address specified by <integer>. Here zero refers to the highest hexadecet (network or big-endian order). Thus hexadecet 0 refers to the most-significant 16-bits of the 128 bit IPv6 address.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
ipv4 part of <ipv6 address>	<ipv4 address> Plural: ipv4 parts	Returns the lowest 32-bits of the IPv6 address as an IPv4 address.As of version 8.0, this Inspector type is derived from an <ipv4or6 address> type.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
maximum of <ipv6 address>	<ipv6 address> Plural: maxima	Returns the maximum value from a list of <ipv6 address> types.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
minimum of <ipv6 address>	<ipv6 address> Plural: minima	Returns the minimum value from a list of <ipv6 address> types.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1
unique value of <ipv6 address>	<ipv6 address with multiplicity> Plural: unique values	Returns the unique values of a given list of <ipv6 address> types, removing duplicates and sorting by value.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1

ipv6 address with multiplicity

The <ipv6 address with multiplicity> Inspectors deal with ipv6 address arrays, allowing you to extract unique ipv6 addresses and count them.

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unique value of <ipv6 address>	Returns the unique values of a given list of <ipv6 address> types, removing duplicates and sorting by value.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1

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multiplicity of <ipv6 address with multiplicity>	<integer> Plural: multiplicities	Sorts the list and returns the multiplicity, or count, of each unique element in the specified list of multiple <ipv6 address> types.	Win, Lin, Sol, HPUX, AIX, Mac, WM, Ubu:8.1

ipv4or6 address

The <ipv4or6 address> Inspectors allow you to represent IPv4 and IPv6 addresses as a common type. From these inclusive Inspectors, you can derive the corresponding v4 and v6 IP addresses.

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ipv4or6 address with multiplicity

The <ipv4or6 address with multiplicity> Inspectors deal with arrays of ipv4or6 addresses, allowing you to extract unique addresses and count them.

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ipv4 route

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ipv4 routing table

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