diff --git a/EduNetworkBuilder/IPAddress.cs b/EduNetworkBuilder/IPAddress.cs
index b2ed9f0..3c92bdd 100644
--- a/EduNetworkBuilder/IPAddress.cs
+++ b/EduNetworkBuilder/IPAddress.cs
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ namespace EduNetworkBuilder
         private IPAddress theNetmask;
         private IPAddress theGateway;
 
+        private bool Unset = true;
+
         public NB_IPAddress() { } //used for reflection
         /// <summary>
         /// Duplicate an IP address structure
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="Orig"></param>
+        /// <param name="Orig">The IP to clone from</param>
         public NB_IPAddress(NB_IPAddress Orig)
         {
             _ip = Orig._ip;
@@ -38,22 +40,42 @@ namespace EduNetworkBuilder
             theIP = Orig.theIP;
             theNetmask = Orig.theNetmask;
             theGateway = Orig.theGateway;
+            Unset = false;
         } 
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Make a simple IP address with netmask
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="ip">The new IP</param>
+        /// <param name="mask">The new netmask</param>
+        /// <param name="WhatType"></param>
         public NB_IPAddress(string ip, string mask, IPAddressType WhatType)
         {
             myType = WhatType;
             _ip = ip.ParseIp();
             _mask = mask.ParseIp();
+            Unset = false;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Make a new IP address, netmask, with gateway.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="ip">The IP address</param>
+        /// <param name="mask">The netmask</param>
+        /// <param name="gw">The gateway to use</param>
         public NB_IPAddress(string ip, string mask, string gw)
         {
             myType = IPAddressType.route;
             _ip = ip.ParseIp();
             _mask = mask.ParseIp();
             _gw = gw.ParseIp();
+            Unset = false;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Load an IP address from the XML file
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="theNode">The XmlNode to load from</param>
         public NB_IPAddress(XmlNode theNode)
         {
             foreach (XmlNode Individual in theNode.ChildNodes)
@@ -65,12 +87,15 @@ namespace EduNetworkBuilder
                     {
                         case "ip":
                             _ip = Individual.InnerText.ParseIp();
+                            Unset = false;
                             break;
                         case "mask":
                             _mask = Individual.InnerText.ParseIp();
+                            Unset = false;
                             break;
                         case "gateway":
                             _gw = Individual.InnerText.ParseIp();
+                            Unset = false;
                             break;
                         case "type":
                             myType = NB.ParseEnum<IPAddressType>(Individual.InnerText);
@@ -82,7 +107,8 @@ namespace EduNetworkBuilder
 
         public void SetIP(UInt32 newIP)
         {
-                _ip = newIP;
+            _ip = newIP;
+            Unset = false;
         }
 
         public bool Equals(NB_IPAddress CompareWith)
@@ -109,11 +135,13 @@ namespace EduNetworkBuilder
             _ip = ip.ParseIp();
             _mask = mask.ParseIp();
             _gw = gw.ParseIp();
+            Unset = false;
         }
         public void Reparse(string ip, string mask)
         {
             _ip = ip.ParseIp();
             _mask = mask.ParseIp();
+            Unset = false;
         }
 
         public IPAddressType GetAddressType
@@ -298,6 +326,53 @@ namespace EduNetworkBuilder
             return false;
         }
 
+        #region IP Status Funcs
+        /// <summary>
+        /// If the IP address has not yet been assigned
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool IsUnassigned() { return Unset; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// If the IP address is the same as the broadcast address
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool IsBroadcast() 
+        { 
+            uint BA = BroadcastAddress;
+            if (_ip == BA) return true;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// If the IP address is the same as the network address
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool IsNetwork() 
+        {
+            uint NA = NetworkAddress;
+            if (_ip == NA) return true;
+            return false; 
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// If the IP address is the loopback address.  Different for IPv4 than IPv6
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool IsLoopback() 
+        {
+            if (GetIPString == "127.0.0.1") return true;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// If the IP address is 0.0.0.0 or the equavelent
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>true if it is zeroes could be unset or anywhere</returns>
+        public bool IsZeroString() {
+            if (_ip == 0) return true;
+            return false; 
+        }
+
+        #endregion
 
         #region Break an IP
         public string GenRandomIPOrMask()