diff --git a/code/include/swoc/IPAddr.h b/code/include/swoc/IPAddr.h
index 50d14af..ed90efe 100644
--- a/code/include/swoc/IPAddr.h
+++ b/code/include/swoc/IPAddr.h
@@ -836,6 +836,7 @@ IP4Addr::copy_to(sockaddr *sa) const {
 }
 
 /// Equality.
+
 inline bool
 operator==(IP4Addr const &lhs, IP4Addr const &rhs) {
   return lhs._addr == rhs._addr;
@@ -1490,3 +1491,14 @@ template <> struct hash<swoc::IPAddr> {
 };
 
 } // namespace std
+
+// These have to be global namespace, unfortunately.
+inline bool
+operator==(in6_addr const& lhs, in6_addr const& rhs) {
+  return 0 == memcmp(&lhs, &rhs, sizeof(in6_addr));
+}
+
+inline bool
+operator!=(in6_addr const& lhs, in6_addr const& rhs) {
+  return 0 != memcmp(&lhs, &rhs, sizeof(in6_addr));
+}
diff --git a/code/src/swoc_ip.cc b/code/src/swoc_ip.cc
index 0ddc9bb..6403922 100644
--- a/code/src/swoc_ip.cc
+++ b/code/src/swoc_ip.cc
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ IP4Addr const IP4Addr::MAX{INADDR_BROADCAST};
 IP6Addr const IP6Addr::MIN{0, 0};
 IP6Addr const IP6Addr::MAX{std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max(), std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max()};
 
+IPEndpoint::IPEndpoint(string_view const &text) {
+  this->invalidate();
+  this->parse(text);
+}
+
 bool
 IPEndpoint::assign(sockaddr *dst, sockaddr const *src) {
   size_t n = 0;
@@ -642,9 +647,16 @@ IPAddr::is_multicast() const {
   return (AF_INET == _family && _addr._ip4.is_multicast()) || (AF_INET6 == _family && _addr._ip6.is_multicast());
 }
 
-IPEndpoint::IPEndpoint(string_view const &text) {
-  this->invalidate();
-  this->parse(text);
+bool operator == (IPAddr const& lhs, sockaddr const * sa) {
+  using sa4 = sockaddr_in const *;
+  using sa6 = sockaddr_in6 const *;
+
+  if (lhs.family() != sa->sa_family) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return lhs.family() == AF_UNSPEC ||
+  ( lhs.is_ip4() && (lhs.ip4().network_order() == sa4(sa)->sin_addr.s_addr) ) ||
+  ( lhs.is_ip6() && (lhs.ip6().network_order() == sa6(sa)->sin6_addr) );
 }
 
 bool
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_ip.cc b/unit_tests/test_ip.cc
index cefc90f..fb0a6b6 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_ip.cc
+++ b/unit_tests/test_ip.cc
@@ -189,8 +189,12 @@ TEST_CASE("Basic IP", "[libswoc][ip]") {
   REQUIRE(a6_3[14] == 0x1C);
   REQUIRE(a6_2[15] == 0x34);
 
+  REQUIRE(a6_1.host_order() != a6_2.host_order());
+
   a6_1.copy_to(&ep.sa);
   REQUIRE(a6_1 == IP6Addr(ep.ip6()));
+  REQUIRE(IPAddr(a6_1) == &ep.sa);
+  REQUIRE(IPAddr(a6_2) != &ep.sa);
   a6_2.copy_to(&ep.sa6);
   REQUIRE(a6_2 == IP6Addr(&ep.sa6));
   REQUIRE(a6_1 != IP6Addr(ep.ip6()));
@@ -200,8 +204,12 @@ TEST_CASE("Basic IP", "[libswoc][ip]") {
   a6_1.network_order(ep.sa6.sin6_addr);
   REQUIRE(a6_1 == IP6Addr(ep.ip6()));
   in6 = a6_2.network_order();
+  REQUIRE(a6_2.host_order() != in6);
+  REQUIRE(a6_2.network_order() == in6);
   REQUIRE(a6_2 == IP6Addr(in6));
   a6_2.host_order(in6);
+  REQUIRE(a6_2.network_order() != in6);
+  REQUIRE(a6_2.host_order() == in6);
   REQUIRE(in6.s6_addr[0] == 0x34);
   REQUIRE(in6.s6_addr[6] == 0xff);
   REQUIRE(in6.s6_addr[13] == 0x88);