IPv6 notation tool

Expand IPv6 address 2a01:5ec0:e801:6b9a:c27:280d:ea7c:adae

Write any valid IPv6 address in its complete eight-group form for subnetting, binary analysis, logs, and documentation.

Example: 2001:db8::1

The conversion runs locally and does not use an external lookup service.

Expansion result

Full IPv6 notation for 2a01:5ec0:e801:6b9a:c27:280d:ea7c:adae

Expanded IPv6 address

2a01:5ec0:e801:6b9a:0c27:280d:ea7c:adae

Compressed IPv6

2a01:5ec0:e801:6b9a:c27:280d:ea7c:adae

Expanded IPv6

2a01:5ec0:e801:6b9a:0c27:280d:ea7c:adae

IPv6 groups

8 groups of 4 hexadecimal digits

Address size

128 bits

Expansion rules

How IPv6 expansion works

  1. 1An IPv6 address always has eight 16-bit hexadecimal groups.
  2. 2Each visible group is left-padded with zeroes until it contains four digits.
  3. 3If :: appears, it is replaced with the number of 0000 groups needed to reach eight groups.

Binary representation

128 bits, grouped for inspection

Each block below represents one 16-bit IPv6 group. This form is useful when comparing prefix bits or troubleshooting subnet boundaries.

0010101000000001 0101111011000000 1110100000000001 0110101110011010 0000110000100111 0010100000001101 1110101001111100 1010110110101110
Compress this IPv6 address

Recent notation conversions

Recent IPv6 Expansions

Open recent IPv6 addresses to inspect their complete eight-group and binary forms.

Learn how IPv6 expansion and binary groups work