diff --git a/common/include/villas/kernel/devices/ip_device.hpp b/common/include/villas/kernel/devices/ip_device.hpp
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+/* IpDevice
+ *
+ * Author: Pascal Bauer <pascal.bauer@rwth-aachen.de>
+ *
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2024 Pascal Bauer <pascal.bauer@rwth-aachen.de>
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <villas/kernel/devices/platform_device.hpp>
+
+namespace villas {
+namespace kernel {
+namespace devices {
+
+class IpDevice : public PlatformDevice {
+public:
+public:
+  static IpDevice from(const std::filesystem::path unsafe_path);
+  static bool is_path_valid(const std::filesystem::path unsafe_path);
+
+private:
+  IpDevice(const std::filesystem::path valid_path) : PlatformDevice(valid_path){};
+
+public:
+  size_t addr() const;
+  std::string ip_name() const;
+};
+
+} // namespace devices
+} // namespace kernel
+} // namespace villas
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diff --git a/common/lib/kernel/devices/ip_device.cpp b/common/lib/kernel/devices/ip_device.cpp
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+/* IpDevice
+ *
+ * Author: Pascal Bauer <pascal.bauer@rwth-aachen.de>
+ *
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2024 Pascal Bauer <pascal.bauer@rwth-aachen.de>
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <regex>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+#include <villas/kernel/devices/ip_device.hpp>
+
+using villas::kernel::devices::IpDevice;
+
+IpDevice IpDevice::from(const std::filesystem::path unsafe_path) {
+  if (!is_path_valid(unsafe_path))
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        "Path \"" + unsafe_path.u8string() +
+        "\" failed validation as IpDevicePath \"[adress in hex].[name]\". ");
+  return IpDevice(unsafe_path);
+}
+
+std::string IpDevice::ip_name() const {
+  int pos = name().find('.');
+  return name().substr(pos + 1);
+}
+
+size_t IpDevice::addr() const {
+  size_t pos = name().find('.');
+  std::string addr_hex = name().substr(0, pos);
+
+  // convert from hex string to number
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  ss << std::hex << addr_hex;
+  size_t addr = 0;
+  ss >> addr;
+
+  return addr;
+}
+
+bool IpDevice::is_path_valid(const std::filesystem::path unsafe_path) {
+  // Split the string at last slash
+  int pos = unsafe_path.u8string().rfind('/');
+  std::string assumed_device_name = unsafe_path.u8string().substr(pos + 1);
+
+  // Match format of hexaddr.devicename
+  if (!std::regex_match(assumed_device_name,
+                        std::regex(R"([0-9A-Fa-f]+\..*)"))) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}