Public Shared Function GetHostEntry ( _
    hostNameOrAddress As String _
) As IPHostEntry

Dim hostNameOrAddress As String
Dim returnValue As IPHostEntry

returnValue = Dns.GetHostEntry(hostNameOrAddress)

public static IPHostEntry GetHostEntry (
    string hostNameOrAddress
)

public:
static IPHostEntry^ GetHostEntry (
    String^ hostNameOrAddress
)

public static IPHostEntry GetHostEntry (
    String hostNameOrAddress
)

public static function GetHostEntry (
    hostNameOrAddress : String
) : IPHostEntry

Parameters

hostNameOrAddress

The host name or IP address to resolve.

Return Value

The GetHostEntry method queries a DNS server for the IP address that is associated with a host name or IP address.

When an empty string is passed as the host name, this method returns the IPv4 addresses of the local host.

Note
This member emits trace information when you enable network tracing in your application. For more information, see Network Tracing.

The following example uses the GetHostEntry method to resolve an IP address to an IPHostEntry instance.

public static void DoGetHostEntry(string hostname)
{
    IPHostEntry host;

    host = Dns.GetHostEntry(hostname);

    Console.WriteLine("GetHostEntry({0}) returns:", hostname);

    foreach (IPAddress ip in host.AddressList)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("    {0}", ip);
    }
}

• DnsPermission  for accessing DNS information. Associated enumeration: PermissionState.Unrestricted

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.

.NET Framework

.NET Compact Framework