hton()
Returns a network byte ordered string form of the IP address.
# File lib/ipaddr.rb, line 220 def hton case @family when Socket::AF_INET return [@addr].pack('N') when Socket::AF_INET6 return (0..7).map { |i| (@addr >> (112 - 16 * i)) & 0xffff }.pack('n8') else raise "unsupported address family" end end