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IPAddress::AddressFamily Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets the address family of the IP address.

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

public:
property AddressFamily AddressFamily {
	AddressFamily get ();
}

Property Value

Type: System.Net.Sockets::AddressFamily
Returns InterNetwork for IPv4 or InterNetworkV6 for IPv6.

Examples

Refer to the example in the IPAddress class topic.

C++

// Display the type of address family supported by the server. If the 
// server is IPv6-enabled this value is: InternNetworkV6. If the server 
// is also IPv4-enabled there will be an additional value of InterNetwork.
Console::WriteLine( "AddressFamily: {0}", curAdd->AddressFamily );

// Display the ScopeId property in case of IPV6 addresses. 
if ( curAdd->AddressFamily.ToString() == ProtocolFamily::InterNetworkV6.ToString() )
         Console::WriteLine( "Scope Id: {0}", curAdd->ScopeId );

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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

Reference

IPAddress Class

System.Net Namespace

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