function isAddressv6LinkLocal
isAddressv6LinkLocal(address: bigint): boolean

Checks if an IPv6 address is a link-local address (RFC 4291).

Link-local range: fe80::/10 (fe80:: – febf:ffff:...:ffff)

Examples

Example 1

import { assert, assertEquals } from "@std/assert";
import { isAddressv6LinkLocal } from "@hertzg/ip/classifyv6";
import { parseAddressv6 } from "@hertzg/ip/addressv6";

assert(isAddressv6LinkLocal(parseAddressv6("fe80::1").address));
assert(isAddressv6LinkLocal(parseAddressv6("fe80::").address));
assertEquals(isAddressv6LinkLocal(parseAddressv6("fec0::1").address), false);

Parameters

address: bigint

The address as a 128-bit bigint

Return Type

boolean

true if the address is link-local

Usage

import { isAddressv6LinkLocal } from "classifyv6.ts";