AddressFamily Enum

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Net.Sockets

Assemblies:: System.dll, System.Net.Primitives.dll

Assembly:: System.Net.Primitives.dll

Assembly:: System.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

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Specifies the addressing scheme that an instance of the Socket class can use.

public enum class AddressFamily

public enum AddressFamily

type AddressFamily =

Public Enum AddressFamily

Inheritance: Object

ValueType

Enum
AddressFamily

Fields

Name	Value	Description
Unknown	-1	Unknown address family.
Unspecified	0	Unspecified address family.
Unix	1	Unix local to host address.
InterNetwork	2	Address for IP version 4.
ImpLink	3	ARPANET IMP address.
Pup	4	Address for PUP protocols.
Chaos	5	Address for MIT CHAOS protocols.
Ipx	6	IPX or SPX address.
NS	6	Address for Xerox NS protocols.
Iso	7	Address for ISO protocols.
Osi	7	Address for OSI protocols.
Ecma	8	European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) address.
DataKit	9	Address for Datakit protocols.
Ccitt	10	Addresses for CCITT protocols, such as X.25.
Sna	11	IBM SNA address.
DecNet	12	DECnet address.
DataLink	13	Direct data-link interface address.
Lat	14	LAT address.
HyperChannel	15	NSC Hyperchannel address.
AppleTalk	16	AppleTalk address.
NetBios	17	NetBios address.
VoiceView	18	VoiceView address.
FireFox	19	FireFox address.
Banyan	21	Banyan address.
Atm	22	Native ATM services address.
InterNetworkV6	23	Address for IP version 6.
Cluster	24	Address for Microsoft cluster products.
Ieee12844	25	IEEE 1284.4 workgroup address.
Irda	26	IrDA address.
NetworkDesigners	28	Address for Network Designers OSI gateway-enabled protocols.
Max	29	MAX address.
Packet	65536	Low-level Packet address.
ControllerAreaNetwork	65537	Controller Area Network address.

Examples

The following example creates a Socket using the InterNetwork AddressFamily.

#using <System.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Text;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Net;
using namespace System::Net::Sockets;
String^ DoSocketGet( String^ server )
{
   
   //Set up variables and String to write to the server.
   Encoding^ ASCII = Encoding::ASCII;
   String^ Get =  "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: ";
   Get->Concat( server,  "\r\nConnection: Close\r\n\r\n" );
   array<Byte>^ByteGet = ASCII->GetBytes( Get );
   array<Byte>^RecvBytes = gcnew array<Byte>(256);
   String^ strRetPage = nullptr;
   
   // IPAddress and IPEndPoint represent the endpoint that will
   //   receive the request.
   // Get first IPAddress in list return by DNS.
   try
   {
      
      // Define those variables to be evaluated in the next for loop and 
      // then used to connect to the server. These variables are defined
      // outside the for loop to make them accessible there after.
      Socket^ s = nullptr;
      IPEndPoint^ hostEndPoint;
      IPAddress^ hostAddress = nullptr;
      int conPort = 80;
      
      // Get DNS host information.
      IPHostEntry^ hostInfo = Dns::Resolve( server );
      
      // Get the DNS IP addresses associated with the host.
      array<IPAddress^>^IPaddresses = hostInfo->AddressList;
      
      // Evaluate the socket and receiving host IPAddress and IPEndPoint. 
      for ( int index = 0; index < IPaddresses->Length; index++ )
      {
         hostAddress = IPaddresses[ index ];
         hostEndPoint = gcnew IPEndPoint( hostAddress,conPort );
         
         // Creates the Socket to send data over a TCP connection.
         s = gcnew Socket( AddressFamily::InterNetwork,SocketType::Stream,ProtocolType::Tcp );
         
         // Connect to the host using its IPEndPoint.
         s->Connect( hostEndPoint );
         if (  !s->Connected )
         {
            
            // Connection failed, try next IPaddress.
            strRetPage =  "Unable to connect to host";
            s = nullptr;
            continue;
         }

         
         // Sent the GET request to the host.
         s->Send( ByteGet, ByteGet->Length, SocketFlags::None );
         

      }
      
      // Receive the host home page content and loop until all the data is received.
      Int32 bytes = s->Receive( RecvBytes, RecvBytes->Length, SocketFlags::None );
      strRetPage =  "Default HTML page on ";
      strRetPage->Concat( server,  ":\r\n", ASCII->GetString( RecvBytes, 0, bytes ) );
      while ( bytes > 0 )
      {
         bytes = s->Receive( RecvBytes, RecvBytes->Length, SocketFlags::None );
         strRetPage->Concat( ASCII->GetString( RecvBytes, 0, bytes ) );
      }

      
   }
   catch ( SocketException^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine(  "SocketException caught!!!" );
      Console::Write(  "Source : " );
      Console::WriteLine( e->Source );
      Console::Write(  "Message : " );
      Console::WriteLine( e->Message );
   }
   catch ( ArgumentNullException^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine(  "ArgumentNULLException caught!!!" );
      Console::Write(  "Source : " );
      Console::WriteLine( e->Source );
      Console::Write(  "Message : " );
      Console::WriteLine( e->Message );
   }
   catch ( NullReferenceException^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine(  "NULLReferenceException caught!!!" );
      Console::Write(  "Source : " );
      Console::WriteLine( e->Source );
      Console::Write(  "Message : " );
      Console::WriteLine( e->Message );
   }
   catch ( Exception^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine(  "Exception caught!!!" );
      Console::Write(  "Source : " );
      Console::WriteLine( e->Source );
      Console::Write(  "Message : " );
      Console::WriteLine( e->Message );
   }

   return strRetPage;
}

int main()
{
   Console::WriteLine( DoSocketGet(  "localhost" ) );
}

using System;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;

public class Sample
{

  public static string DoSocketGet(string server)
  {
    //Set up variables and String to write to the server.
    Encoding ASCII = Encoding.ASCII;
    string Get = "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: " + server +
                 "\r\nConnection: Close\r\n\r\n";
    Byte[] ByteGet = ASCII.GetBytes(Get);
    Byte[] RecvBytes = new Byte[256];
    String strRetPage = null;

    // IPAddress and IPEndPoint represent the endpoint that will
    //   receive the request.
    // Get first IPAddress in list return by DNS.

    try
    {

      // Define those variables to be evaluated in the next for loop and
      // then used to connect to the server. These variables are defined
      // outside the for loop to make them accessible there after.
      Socket s = null;
      IPEndPoint hostEndPoint;
      IPAddress hostAddress = null;
      int conPort = 80;

      // Get DNS host information.
      IPHostEntry hostInfo = Dns.GetHostEntry(server);
      // Get the DNS IP addresses associated with the host.
      IPAddress[] IPaddresses = hostInfo.AddressList;

      // Evaluate the socket and receiving host IPAddress and IPEndPoint.
      for (int index=0; index<IPaddresses.Length; index++)
      {
        hostAddress = IPaddresses[index];
        hostEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(hostAddress, conPort);


        // Creates the Socket to send data over a TCP connection.
        s = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp );


        // Connect to the host using its IPEndPoint.
        s.Connect(hostEndPoint);

        if (!s.Connected)
        {
          // Connection failed, try next IPaddress.
          strRetPage = "Unable to connect to host";
          s = null;
          continue;
        }

        // Sent the GET request to the host.
        s.Send(ByteGet, ByteGet.Length, 0);

      } // End of the for loop.


      // Receive the host home page content and loop until all the data is received.
      Int32 bytes = s.Receive(RecvBytes, RecvBytes.Length, 0);
      strRetPage = "Default HTML page on " + server + ":\r\n";
      strRetPage = strRetPage + ASCII.GetString(RecvBytes, 0, bytes);

      while (bytes > 0)
      {
        bytes = s.Receive(RecvBytes, RecvBytes.Length, 0);
        strRetPage = strRetPage + ASCII.GetString(RecvBytes, 0, bytes);
      }

    } // End of the try block.

    catch(SocketException e)
    {
      Console.WriteLine("SocketException caught!!!");
      Console.WriteLine("Source : " + e.Source);
      Console.WriteLine("Message : " + e.Message);
    }
    catch(ArgumentNullException e)
    {
      Console.WriteLine("ArgumentNullException caught!!!");
      Console.WriteLine("Source : " + e.Source);
      Console.WriteLine("Message : " + e.Message);
    }
    catch(NullReferenceException e)
    {
      Console.WriteLine("NullReferenceException caught!!!");
      Console.WriteLine("Source : " + e.Source);
      Console.WriteLine("Message : " + e.Message);
    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
      Console.WriteLine("Exception caught!!!");
      Console.WriteLine("Source : " + e.Source);
      Console.WriteLine("Message : " + e.Message);
    }

    return strRetPage;
}
   public static void Main()
   {
      Console.WriteLine(DoSocketGet("localhost"));
   }
 }

Imports System.Text
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
Imports System.Net.Sockets

 _

Public Class Sample
   
   
   Public Shared Function DoSocketGet(server As String) As String
      'Set up variables and String to write to the server.
    Dim ASCII As Encoding = Encoding.ASCII
    Dim [Get] As String = "GET / HTTP/1.1" + ControlChars.Lf + ControlChars.NewLine + "Host: " + server + ControlChars.Lf + ControlChars.NewLine + "Connection: Close" + ControlChars.Lf + ControlChars.NewLine + ControlChars.Lf + ControlChars.NewLine
    Dim ByteGet As [Byte]() = ASCII.GetBytes([Get])
    Dim RecvBytes(256) As [Byte]
    Dim strRetPage As [String] = Nothing


      
      ' IPAddress and IPEndPoint represent the endpoint that will
      '   receive the request.
      ' Get first IPAddress in list return by DNS.
      Try

 

         ' Define those variables to be evaluated in the next for loop and 
         ' then used to connect to the server. These variables are defined
         ' outside the for loop to make them accessible there after.
         Dim s As Socket = Nothing
         Dim hostEndPoint As IPEndPoint
         Dim hostAddress As IPAddress = Nothing
         Dim conPort As Integer = 80
         
         ' Get DNS host information.
         Dim hostInfo As IPHostEntry = Dns.Resolve(server)
         ' Get the DNS IP addresses associated with the host.
         Dim IPaddresses As IPAddress() = hostInfo.AddressList
         
         ' Evaluate the socket and receiving host IPAddress and IPEndPoint. 
      Dim index As Integer = 0
      For index = 0 To IPaddresses.Length - 1
        hostAddress = IPaddresses(index)
        hostEndPoint = New IPEndPoint(hostAddress, conPort)


        ' Creates the Socket to send data over a TCP connection.
        s = New Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp)


        ' Connect to the host using its IPEndPoint.
        s.Connect(hostEndPoint)

        If Not s.Connected Then
          ' Connection failed, try next IPaddress.
          strRetPage = "Unable to connect to host"
          s = Nothing
          GoTo ContinueFor1
        End If


        ' Sent the GET request to the host.
        s.Send(ByteGet, ByteGet.Length, 0)


ContinueFor1:
      Next index  ' End of the for loop.
      



      ' Receive the host home page content and loop until all the data is received.

      'Dim bytes As Int32 = s.Receive(RecvBytes, RecvBytes.Length, 0)
      Dim bytes As Int32 = s.Receive(RecvBytes, RecvBytes.Length, 0)

      strRetPage = "Default HTML page on " + server + ":\r\n"
      strRetPage = "Default HTML page on " + server + ":" + ControlChars.Lf + ControlChars.NewLine

      Dim i As Integer

      While bytes > 0

        bytes = s.Receive(RecvBytes, RecvBytes.Length, 0)

        strRetPage = strRetPage + ASCII.GetString(RecvBytes, 0, bytes)

      End While


      ' End of the try block.
    Catch e As SocketException
         Console.WriteLine("SocketException caught!!!")
         Console.WriteLine(("Source : " + e.Source))
         Console.WriteLine(("Message : " + e.Message))
      Catch e As ArgumentNullException
         Console.WriteLine("ArgumentNullException caught!!!")
         Console.WriteLine(("Source : " + e.Source))
         Console.WriteLine(("Message : " + e.Message))
      Catch e As NullReferenceException
         Console.WriteLine("NullReferenceException caught!!!")
         Console.WriteLine(("Source : " + e.Source))
         Console.WriteLine(("Message : " + e.Message))
      Catch e As Exception
         Console.WriteLine("Exception caught!!!")
         Console.WriteLine(("Source : " + e.Source))
         Console.WriteLine(("Message : " + e.Message))
      End Try
      
      Return strRetPage
   End Function 'DoSocketGet
    
   Public Shared Sub Main()
    Console.WriteLine(DoSocketGet("localhost"))
   End Sub
End Class

Remarks

An AddressFamily member specifies the addressing scheme that a Socket will use to resolve an address. For example, InterNetwork indicates that an IP version 4 address is expected when a Socket connects to an endpoint.

Applies to

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