What is the IPv6 equivalent of 127.0.0.1

Niklas

15 Aug 2022, 04:21 UTC

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The IPv4 address 127.0.0.1 is for the local/current client. What is the opposite of the address in IPv6? I already searched for it, but only found ::1. Is this the correct one?

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Daniel

18 Aug 2022, 04:21 UTC

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Yes, it is 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001 or shorter 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 or even shorter ::1

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