diff --git a/common/netadr.h b/common/netadr.h
index 6404e640..99eb15c7 100644
--- a/common/netadr.h
+++ b/common/netadr.h
@@ -50,20 +50,21 @@ typedef struct netadr_s
 		struct
 		{
 			uint32_t type;
+			uint8_t  ip[4];   // or last 4 IPv6 octets
+			uint8_t  ipx[10]; // or first 10 IPv6 octets
 		};
 		struct
 		{
 #if XASH_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 			uint16_t type6;
-			uint8_t ip6_10[2]; // or 10-th two IPv6 octets
+			uint8_t ip6[16];
 #elif XASH_BIG_ENDIAN
-			uint8_t ip6_10[2]; // or 10-th two IPv6 octets
+			uint8_t ip6_0[2];
 			uint16_t type6;
+			uint8_t ip6_2[14];
 #endif
 		};
 	};
-	uint8_t  ip[4];   // or last 4 IPv6 octets
-	uint8_t  ipx[10]; // or first 10 IPv6 octets
 	uint16_t port;
 } netadr_t;
 #pragma pack( pop )
diff --git a/engine/common/net_ws.c b/engine/common/net_ws.c
index 5acb4ed0..3aef0752 100644
--- a/engine/common/net_ws.c
+++ b/engine/common/net_ws.c
@@ -206,18 +206,36 @@ _inline qboolean NET_IsSocketValid( int socket )
 #endif
 }
 
-_inline void NET_NetadrToIP6Bytes( uint8_t *ip6, const netadr_t *adr )
+void NET_NetadrToIP6Bytes( uint8_t *ip6, const netadr_t *adr )
 {
-	memcpy( ip6,      adr->ipx,    10 );
-	memcpy( ip6 + 10, adr->ip6_10, 2 );
-	memcpy( ip6 + 12, adr->ip,     4 );
+#if XASH_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+	memcpy( ip6, adr->ip6, sizeof( adr->ip6 ));
+#elif XASH_BIG_ENDIAN
+	memcpy( ip6, adr->ip6_0, sizeof( adr->ip6_0 ));
+	memcpy( ip6 + sizeof( adr->ip6_0 ), adr->ip6_2, sizeof( adr->ip6_2 ));
+#endif
+}
+
+void NET_IP6BytesToNetadr( netadr_t *adr, const uint8_t *ip6 )
+{
+#if XASH_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+	memcpy( adr->ip6, ip6, sizeof( adr->ip6 ) );
+#elif XASH_BIG_ENDIAN
+	memcpy( adr->ip6_0, ip6, sizeof( adr->ip6_0 ));
+	memcpy( adr->ip6_2, ip6 + sizeof( adr->ip6_0 ), sizeof( adr->ip6_2 ));
+#endif
 }
 
-_inline void NET_IP6BytesToNetadr( netadr_t *adr, const uint8_t *ip6 )
+_inline int NET_NetadrIP6Compare( const netadr_t *a, const netadr_t *b )
 {
-	memcpy( adr->ipx,    ip6,      10 );
-	memcpy( adr->ip6_10, ip6 + 10, 2 );
-	memcpy( adr->ip,     ip6 + 12, 4 );
+#if XASH_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+	return memcmp( a->ip6, b->ip6, sizeof( a->ip6 ));
+#elif XASH_BIG_ENDIAN
+	int ret = memcmp( a->ip6_0, b->ip6_0, sizeof( a->ip6_0 ));
+	if( !ret )
+		return memcmp( a->ip6_2, b->ip6_2, sizeof( a->ip6_2 ));
+	return ret;
+#endif
 }
 
 /*
@@ -235,17 +253,30 @@ static void NET_NetadrToSockadr( netadr_t *a, struct sockaddr_storage *s )
 		((struct sockaddr_in *)s)->sin_port = a->port;
 		((struct sockaddr_in *)s)->sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_BROADCAST;
 	}
-	else if( a->type == NA_IP || a->type == (0xffff0000 | NA_IP6) )
+	else if( a->type == NA_IP )
 	{
 		((struct sockaddr_in *)s)->sin_family = AF_INET;
-		((struct sockaddr_in *)s)->sin_addr.s_addr = *(int *)&a->ip;
+		((struct sockaddr_in *)s)->sin_addr.s_addr = *(uint32_t *)&a->ip;
 		((struct sockaddr_in *)s)->sin_port = a->port;
 	}
 	else if( a->type6 == NA_IP6 )
 	{
-		((struct sockaddr_in6 *)s)->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
-		NET_NetadrToIP6Bytes(((struct sockaddr_in6 *)s)->sin6_addr.s6_addr, a );
-		((struct sockaddr_in6 *)s)->sin6_port = a->port;
+		struct in6_addr ip6;
+
+		NET_NetadrToIP6Bytes( ip6.s6_addr, a );
+
+		if( IN6_IS_ADDR_V4MAPPED( &ip6 ))
+		{
+			((struct sockaddr_in *)s)->sin_family = AF_INET;
+			((struct sockaddr_in *)s)->sin_addr.s_addr = *(uint32_t *)(ip6.s6_addr + 12);
+			((struct sockaddr_in *)s)->sin_port = a->port;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			((struct sockaddr_in6 *)s)->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+			memcpy( &((struct sockaddr_in6 *)s)->sin6_addr, &ip6, sizeof( struct in6_addr ));
+			((struct sockaddr_in6 *)s)->sin6_port = a->port;
+		}
 	}
 	else if( a->type6 == NA_MULTICAST_IP6 )
 	{
@@ -618,9 +649,7 @@ qboolean NET_CompareBaseAdr( const netadr_t a, const netadr_t b )
 
 	if( a.type6 == NA_IP6 )
 	{
-		if( !memcmp( a.ip, b.ip, 4 ) &&
-		    !memcmp( a.ip6_10, b.ip6_10, 2 ) &&
-		    !memcmp( a.ipx, b.ipx, 10 ))
+		if( !NET_NetadrIP6Compare( &a, &b ))
 		    return true;
 	}
 
@@ -725,10 +754,7 @@ qboolean NET_CompareAdr( const netadr_t a, const netadr_t b )
 
 	if( a.type6 == NA_IP6 )
 	{
-		if( !memcmp( a.ip, b.ip, 4 ) &&
-		    !memcmp( a.ip6_10, b.ip6_10, 2 ) &&
-		    !memcmp( a.ipx, b.ipx, 10 ) &&
-		    a.port == b.port )
+		if( a.port == b.port && !NET_NetadrIP6Compare( &a, &b ))
 		    return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/engine/common/net_ws.h b/engine/common/net_ws.h
index ede8f0b1..4ad83a1f 100644
--- a/engine/common/net_ws.h
+++ b/engine/common/net_ws.h
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ qboolean NET_BufferToBufferDecompress( byte *dest, uint *destLen, byte *source,
 void NET_SendPacket( netsrc_t sock, size_t length, const void *data, netadr_t to );
 void NET_SendPacketEx( netsrc_t sock, size_t length, const void *data, netadr_t to, size_t splitsize );
 void NET_ClearLagData( qboolean bClient, qboolean bServer );
+void NET_IP6BytesToNetadr( netadr_t *adr, const uint8_t *ip6 );
+void NET_NetadrToIP6Bytes( uint8_t *ip6, const netadr_t *adr );
 
 #if !XASH_DEDICATED
 qboolean CL_LegacyMode( void );