return ipaddress.IPv4Address(six.text_type(ip_addr))
+def get_ip_range_count(iprange):
+ start_range, end_range = iprange.split("-")
+ start = int(make_ipv4_address(start_range))
+ end = int(make_ipv4_address(end_range))
+ return end - start
+
+
+def get_ip_range_start(iprange):
+ return str(make_ipv4_address(iprange.split("-")[0]))
+
+
def safe_ip_address(ip_addr):
""" get ip address version v6 or v4 """
try: