import ipaddress


def validate_ip_address(address):
    """ Validates an IP address """
    try:
        ip = ipaddress.ip_address(address)
        is_valid = True
        # print("IP address {} is valid. The object returned is {}".format(address, ip))
    except ValueError:
        is_valid = False
        # print("IP address {} is not valid".format(address))
    return is_valid