I am trying to convert IPV6 Address range into single CIDR notation, but unable to find any method using PowerShell which converts it into CIDR notation.
startIP = '::ffff:1.0.0.0'
endIP = '::ffff:1.0.0.255'
Output: '::ffff:1.0.0.0/120'
for reference: https://www.ipaddressguide.com/ipv6-cidr
You may use the C# code from this answer in PowerShell via Add-Type.
# Windows PowerShell needs -ReferencedAssemblies for BigInteger type
$refAsm = if( $PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -le 5 ) {
@{ ReferencedAssemblies = 'System.Numerics' }
} else { @{} }
Add-Type @refAsm -TypeDefinition @'
using System;
using System.Numerics;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace IPRangeToCidr {
public struct CIDR {
private IPAddress address;
private uint network_length, bits;
public CIDR(IPAddress address, uint network_length) {
this.address = address;
this.network_length = network_length;
this.bits = AddressFamilyBits(address.AddressFamily);
if (network_length > bits) {
throw new ArgumentException("Invalid network length " + network_length + " for " + address.AddressFamily);
}
}
public IPAddress NetworkAddress {
get { return address; }
}
public IPAddress LastAddress {
get { return IPAddressAdd(address, (new BigInteger(1) << (int) HostLength) - 1); }
}
public uint NetworkLength {
get { return network_length; }
}
public uint AddressBits {
get { return bits; }
}
public uint HostLength {
get { return bits - network_length; }
}
override public String ToString() {
return address.ToString() + "/" + NetworkLength.ToString();
}
public String ToShortString() {
if (network_length == bits) return address.ToString();
return address.ToString() + "/" + NetworkLength.ToString();
}
/* static helpers */
public static IPAddress IPAddressAdd(IPAddress address, BigInteger i) {
return IPFromUnsigned(IPToUnsigned(address) + i, address.AddressFamily);
}
public static uint AddressFamilyBits(AddressFamily family) {
switch (family) {
case AddressFamily.InterNetwork:
return 32;
case AddressFamily.InterNetworkV6:
return 128;
default:
throw new ArgumentException("Invalid address family " + family);
}
}
private static BigInteger IPToUnsigned(IPAddress addr) {
/* Need to reverse addr bytes for BigInteger; prefix with 0 byte to force unsigned BigInteger
* read BigInteger bytes as: bytes[n] bytes[n-1] ... bytes[0], address is bytes[0] bytes[1] .. bytes[n] */
byte[] b = addr.GetAddressBytes();
byte[] unsigned = new byte[b.Length + 1];
for (int i = 0; i < b.Length; ++i) {
unsigned[i] = b[(b.Length - 1) - i];
}
unsigned[b.Length] = 0;
return new BigInteger(unsigned);
}
private static byte[] GetUnsignedBytes(BigInteger unsigned, uint bytes) {
/* reverse bytes again. check that now higher bytes are actually used */
if (unsigned.Sign < 0) throw new ArgumentException("argument must be >= 0");
byte[] data = unsigned.ToByteArray();
byte[] result = new byte[bytes];
for (int i = 0; i < bytes && i < data.Length; ++i) {
result[bytes - 1 - i] = data[i];
}
for (uint i = bytes; i < data.Length; ++i) {
if (data[i] != 0) throw new ArgumentException("argument doesn't fit in requested number of bytes");
}
return result;
}
private static IPAddress IPFromUnsigned(BigInteger unsigned, System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily family) {
/* IPAddress(byte[]) constructor picks family from array size */
switch (family) {
case System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily.InterNetwork:
return new IPAddress(GetUnsignedBytes(unsigned, 4));
case System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily.InterNetworkV6:
return new IPAddress(GetUnsignedBytes(unsigned, 16));
default:
throw new ArgumentException("AddressFamily " + family.ToString() + " not supported");
}
}
/* splits set [first..last] of unsigned integers into disjoint slices { x,..., x + 2^k - 1 | x mod 2^k == 0 }
* covering exaclty the given set.
* yields the slices ordered by x as tuples (x, k)
* This code relies on the fact that BigInteger can't overflow; temporary results may need more bits than last is using.
*/
public static IEnumerable<Tuple<BigInteger, uint>> split(BigInteger first, BigInteger last) {
if (first > last) yield break;
if (first < 0) throw new ArgumentException();
last += 1;
/* mask == 1 << len */
BigInteger mask = 1;
uint len = 0;
while (first + mask <= last) {
if ((first & mask) != 0) {
yield return new Tuple<BigInteger, uint>(first, len);
first += mask;
}
mask <<= 1;
++len;
}
while (first < last) {
mask >>= 1;
--len;
if ((last & mask) != 0) {
yield return new Tuple<BigInteger, uint>(first, len);
first += mask;
}
}
}
public static IEnumerable<CIDR> split(IPAddress first, IPAddress last) {
if (first.AddressFamily != last.AddressFamily) {
throw new ArgumentException("AddressFamilies don't match");
}
AddressFamily family = first.AddressFamily;
uint bits = AddressFamilyBits(family); /* split on numbers returns host length, CIDR takes network length */
foreach (Tuple<BigInteger, uint> slice in split(IPToUnsigned(first), IPToUnsigned(last))) {
yield return new CIDR(IPFromUnsigned(slice.Item1, family), bits - slice.Item2);
}
}
}
}
'@
Usage example:
$startIP = '::ffff:1.0.0.0'
$endIP = '::ffff:1.0.0.255'
[IPRangeToCidr.CIDR]::Split( [IPAddress] $startIP, [IPAddress] $endIP) |
ForEach-Object ToString
Output:
::ffff:1.0.0.0/120
