Smart way to convert string to ipaddress data

[Ipaddress].ps1

"::1" -as [ipaddress] | fl * -Force

IPAddressToString  : ::1
Address            :
AddressFamily      : InterNetworkV6
ScopeId            : 0
IsIPv6Multicast    : False
IsIPv6LinkLocal    : False
IsIPv6SiteLocal    : False
IsIPv6Teredo       : False
IsIPv4MappedToIPv6 : False


"2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:ff00:0042:8329" -as [ipaddress] | fl * -Force


IPAddressToString  : 2001:db8::ff00:42:8329
Address            :
AddressFamily      : InterNetworkV6
ScopeId            : 0
IsIPv6Multicast    : False
IsIPv6LinkLocal    : False
IsIPv6SiteLocal    : False
IsIPv6Teredo       : False
IsIPv4MappedToIPv6 : False


"192.168.1.1" -as [ipaddress] | fl * -Force


IPAddressToString  : 192.168.1.1
Address            : 16885952
AddressFamily      : InterNetwork
ScopeId            :
IsIPv6Multicast    : False
IsIPv6LinkLocal    : False
IsIPv6SiteLocal    : False
IsIPv6Teredo       : False
IsIPv4MappedToIPv6 : False



"192.168.1.1" -as [ipaddress] | Get-Member


   TypeName: System.Net.IPAddress

Name               MemberType     Definition                                             
----               ----------     ----------                                             
Equals             Method         bool Equals(System.Object comparand)                   
GetAddressBytes    Method         byte[] GetAddressBytes()                               
GetHashCode        Method         int GetHashCode()                                      
GetType            Method         type GetType()                                         
MapToIPv4          Method         ipaddress MapToIPv4()                                  
MapToIPv6          Method         ipaddress MapToIPv6()                                  
ToString           Method         string ToString()                                      
Address            Property       long Address {get;set;}                                
AddressFamily      Property       System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily AddressFamily {get;}  
IsIPv4MappedToIPv6 Property       bool IsIPv4MappedToIPv6 {get;}                         
IsIPv6LinkLocal    Property       bool IsIPv6LinkLocal {get;}                            
IsIPv6Multicast    Property       bool IsIPv6Multicast {get;}                            
IsIPv6SiteLocal    Property       bool IsIPv6SiteLocal {get;}                            
IsIPv6Teredo       Property       bool IsIPv6Teredo {get;}                               
ScopeId            Property       long ScopeId {get;set;}                                
IPAddressToString  ScriptProperty System.Object IPAddressToString {get=$this.Tostring();}