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MulticastIPAddressInformation.DuplicateAddressDetectionState Property

.NET Framework 2.0

Other Versions

Note: This property is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

Gets a value that indicates the state of the duplicate address detection algorithm.

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

Syntax

C++

public abstract DuplicateAddressDetectionState DuplicateAddressDetectionState { get; }

/** @property */
public abstract DuplicateAddressDetectionState get_DuplicateAddressDetectionState ()

JScript

public abstract function get DuplicateAddressDetectionState () : DuplicateAddressDetectionState

Property Value

One of the DuplicateAddressDetectionState values that indicates the progress of the algorithm in determining the uniqueness of this IP address.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
PlatformNotSupportedException	This property is not valid on computers running operating systems earlier than Windows XP.

Remarks

To ensure that all network interfaces on a network have a unique address, the interface host is responsible for running a "duplicate address detection" algorithm on Multicast addresses. The purpose of this algorithm is to attempt to prevent non-unique addresses on the network. This process is defined in IETF RFC 1971.

Platforms

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, 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.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0

Reference

MulticastIPAddressInformation Class
MulticastIPAddressInformation Members
System.Net.NetworkInformation Namespace

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