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SocketAddress::Family Property

Gets the AddressFamily enumerated value of the current SocketAddress.

Namespace:  System.Net
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)
public:
property AddressFamily Family {
	AddressFamily get ();
}

Property Value

Type: System.Net.Sockets::AddressFamily
One of the AddressFamily enumerated values.

This method gets the AddressFamily enumerated value that represents the addressing scheme of the current SocketAddress. If you want to view the corresponding string representation of AddressFamily, use the ToString method.

.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

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.

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