# Use IPv6 networking — Create an IPv6 network

> Using docker network create Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```console $ docker network create --ipv6 ip6net ``` Using docker network create, specifying an IPv6 subnet Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```console $ docker network

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Using docker network create

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
  $ docker network create --ipv6 ip6net
```

Using docker network create, specifying an IPv6 subnet

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
  $ docker network create --ipv6 --subnet 2001:db8::/64 ip6net
```

Using a Docker Compose file

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yaml
   networks:
     ip6net:
       enable_ipv6: true
       ipam:
         config:
           - subnet: 2001:db8::/64
```

&gt; [!NOTE] &gt; &gt; The address 2001:db8::/64 in these examples is &gt; reserved for use in documentation. &gt; Replace it with a valid IPv6 network, for example a &gt; Unique Local Address (ULA) subnet from fd00::/8.

You can now run containers that attach to the ip6net network.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ docker run --rm --network ip6net -p 80:80 traefik/whoami
```

This publishes port 80 on both IPv6 and IPv4. You can verify the IPv6 connection by running curl, connecting to port 80 on the IPv6 loopback address

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ curl http://[::1]:80
Hostname: ea1cfde18196
IP: 127.0.0.1
IP: ::1
IP: 172.17.0.2
IP: 2001:db8::2
IP: fe80::42:acff:fe11:2
RemoteAddr: [2001:db8::1]:37574
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: [::1]
User-Agent: curl/8.1.2
Accept: */*
```

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