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From: Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl>
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Subject: Re: Incrementing IPv6 address
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:44:16 +0000 (UTC)
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Tester Tester wrote:
) hello every body.
) I am working in address incrementation(+1) using c language.User
) inputs a value which is in hex address and incremented by 1.
) Suppose my address is - abc5:5723:2109:ffff:76af:82ea:9256:ffff.
) So my output becomes - abc5:5723:2109:ffff:76af:82ea:9257:0000
)
) I already parse the entire string and put it in 8 different array but
) unable to do when the the last 4 digit reaches FFFF..I could not write
) the logic of that last portion.can any body help me to solve the
) problem?

Can you describe, in plain old English, what's supposed to happen when
a set of digits that is 0xffff is increased ?

So basically, when it's not 0xffff, it's increased by 1, and when
it *is* 0xffff, then what should happen ?


SaSW, Willem
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