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sockaddr_in6(3type) sockaddr_in6(3type)
sockaddr_in6, in6_addr - IPv6 socket address
Standard C library (libc)
#include <netinet/in.h>
struct sockaddr_in6 {
sa_family_t sin6_family; /* AF_INET6 */
in_port_t sin6_port; /* Port number */
uint32_t sin6_flowinfo; /* IPv6 flow info */
struct in6_addr sin6_addr; /* IPv6 address */
uint32_t sin6_scope_id; /* Set of interfaces for a scope */
};
struct in6_addr {
uint8_t s6_addr[16];
};
sockaddr_in6
Describes an IPv6 Internet domain socket address.
in6_addr
Contains a 128-bit IPv6 address, stored in network byte
order.
POSIX.1-2024.
POSIX.1-2001.
sockaddr_in(3type), sockaddr(3type)
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Linux man-pages 6.18 2025-11-25 sockaddr_in6(3type)
Pages that refer to this page: sockaddr(3type), sockaddr_in(3type)