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AddressFamily Enumeration

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Specifies the addressing scheme that an instance of the Socket class can use.

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

Syntax

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public enum AddressFamily

Members

	Member name	Description
	Unknown	An unknown address family.Not supported for use in a Silverlight for Windows Phone application.
	Unspecified	An address family has not been specified.Not supported for use in a Silverlight for Windows Phone application.
	InterNetwork	An address for IP version 4.
	InterNetworkV6	An address for IP version 6.Not supported for use in a Silverlight for Windows Phone application.

Remarks

An AddressFamily member specifies the addressing scheme that a Socket will use to resolve an address. For example, InterNetwork indicates that an IP version 4 address is expected when a Socket connects to an endpoint.