IPAddress Class

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Provides an Internet Protocol (IP) address.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.Net.IPAddress

Namespace: System.Net
Assembly: System.Net (in System.Net.dll)

'Declaration
Public Class IPAddress

public class IPAddress

The IPAddress type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	IPAddress(array<Byte[])	Initializes a new instance of the IPAddress class with the address specified as a Byte array.
	IPAddress(Int64)	Initializes a new instance of the IPAddress class with the address specified as an Int64.
	IPAddress(array<Byte[], Int64)	Initializes a new instance of the IPAddress class with an IPv6 address specified as a Byte array and the specified scope identifier.

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	Name	Description
	Address	Obsolete. Gets or sets an Internet Protocol (IP) address for IPv4.
	AddressFamily	Gets the address family of the IP address.
	IsIPv6LinkLocal	Gets whether the address is an IPv6 link local address.
	IsIPv6Multicast	Gets whether the address is an IPv6 multicast global address.
	IsIPv6SiteLocal	Gets whether the address is an IPv6 site local address.
	ScopeId	Gets or sets the IPv6 address scope identifier.

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	Name	Description
	Equals	Compares two IP addresses. (Overrides Object.Equals(Object).)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetAddressBytes	Provides a copy of the IPAddress as an array of bytes.
	GetHashCode	Returns a hash value for an IP address. (Overrides Object.GetHashCode().)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	HostToNetworkOrder(Int16)	Converts a short value from host byte order to network byte order.
	HostToNetworkOrder(Int32)	Converts an integer value from host byte order to network byte order.
	HostToNetworkOrder(Int64)	Converts a long value from host byte order to network byte order.
	IsLoopback	Indicates whether the specified IP address is the loopback address.
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	NetworkToHostOrder(Int16)	Converts a short value from network byte order to host byte order.
	NetworkToHostOrder(Int32)	Converts an integer value from network byte order to host byte order.
	NetworkToHostOrder(Int64)	Converts a long value from network byte order to host byte order.
	Parse	Converts an IP address string to an IPAddress instance.
	ToString	Converts an Internet address to its standard notation. (Overrides Object.ToString().)
	TryParse	Determines whether a string is a valid IP address.

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	Name	Description
	Any	Provides an IPv4 address that indicates that a server must listen for client activity on all network interfaces for IPv4. This field is read-only.
	Broadcast	Provides the IPv4 broadcast address. This field is read-only.
	IPv6Any	Provides an IPv6 address that indicates that a server must listen for client activity on all network interfaces for IPv6. This field is read-only.
	IPv6Loopback	Provides the IP loopback address. This property is read-only.
	IPv6None	Provides an IPv6 address that indicates that no network interface should be used. This property is read-only.
	Loopback	Provides the IPv4 loopback address. This field is read-only.
	None	Provides an IP address that indicates that no network interface should be used. This field is read-only.

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The IPAddress class contains the address of a computer on an IP network. This class can be used to represent either an IPv4 or IPv6 address.

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.