IPEndPoint Class
Represents a network endpoint as an IP address and a port number.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | IPEndPoint(Int64, Int32) | Initializes a new instance of the IPEndPoint class with the specified address and port number. |
![]() | IPEndPoint(IPAddress, Int32) | Initializes a new instance of the IPEndPoint class with the specified address and port number. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Address | Gets or sets the IP address of the endpoint. |
![]() | AddressFamily | Gets the Internet Protocol (IP) address family.(Overrides EndPoint.AddressFamily.) |
![]() | Port | Gets or sets the port number of the endpoint. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Create(SocketAddress) | Creates an endpoint from a socket address.(Overrides EndPoint.Create(SocketAddress).) |
![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object.(Overrides Object.Equals(Object).) |
![]() | Finalize() | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.(Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetHashCode() | Returns a hash value for a IPEndPoint instance.(Overrides Object.GetHashCode().) |
![]() | GetType() | |
![]() | MemberwiseClone() | |
![]() | Serialize() | Serializes endpoint information into a SocketAddress instance.(Overrides EndPoint.Serialize().) |
![]() | ToString() | Returns the IP address and port number of the specified endpoint.(Overrides Object.ToString().) |
The IPEndPoint class contains the host and local or remote port information needed by an application to connect to a service on a host. By combining the host's IP address and port number of a service, the IPEndPoint class forms a connection point to a service.
' This example uses the IPEndPoint class and its members to display the home page ' of the server selected by the user. Imports System Imports System.Text Imports System.IO Imports System.Net Imports System.Net.Sockets Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions Namespace Mssc.Services.ConnectionManagement Module M_TestIPEndPoint Public Class TestIPEndPoint 'The getPage method gets the server's home page content by 'recreating the server's endpoint from the original serialized endpoint. 'Then it creates a new socket and connects it to the endpoint. Private Shared Function getPage(ByVal server As String, ByVal socketAddress As SocketAddress) As String 'Set up variables and String to write to the server. Dim ASCII As Encoding = Encoding.ASCII Dim [Get] As String = "GET / HTTP/1.1" + ControlChars.Cr + ControlChars.Lf + "Host: " + server + ControlChars.Cr + ControlChars.Lf + "Connection: Close" + ControlChars.Cr + ControlChars.Lf + ControlChars.Cr + ControlChars.Lf Dim ByteGet As [Byte]() = ASCII.GetBytes([Get]) Dim RecvBytes(255) As [Byte] Dim strRetPage As [String] = Nothing Dim socket As Socket = Nothing ' Recreate the connection endpoint from the serialized information. Dim endpoint As New IPEndPoint(0, 0) Dim clonedIPEndPoint As IPEndPoint = CType(endpoint.Create(socketAddress), IPEndPoint) Console.WriteLine(("clonedIPEndPoint: " + clonedIPEndPoint.ToString())) Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.") Console.ReadLine() Try ' Create a socket object to establish a connection with the server. socket = New Socket(endpoint.AddressFamily, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp) ' Connect to the cloned end point. socket.Connect(clonedIPEndPoint) Catch e As SocketException Console.WriteLine(("Source : " + e.Source)) Console.WriteLine(("Message : " + e.Message)) Catch e As Exception Console.WriteLine(("Source : " + e.Source)) Console.WriteLine(("Message : " + e.Message)) End Try If socket Is Nothing Then Return "Connection to cloned endpoint failed" End If ' Send request to the server. socket.Send(ByteGet, ByteGet.Length, 0) ' Receive the server home page content. Dim bytes As Int32 = socket.Receive(RecvBytes, RecvBytes.Length, 0) ' Read the first 256 bytes. strRetPage = "Default HTML page on " + server + ":" + ControlChars.Cr + ControlChars.Lf strRetPage = strRetPage + ASCII.GetString(RecvBytes, 0, bytes) While bytes > 0 bytes = socket.Receive(RecvBytes, RecvBytes.Length, 0) strRetPage = strRetPage + ASCII.GetString(RecvBytes, 0, bytes) End While socket.Close() Return strRetPage End Function 'getPage ' The serializeEndpoint method serializes the endpoint and returns the ' SocketAddress containing the serialized endpoint data. Private Shared Function serializeEndpoint(ByVal endpoint As IPEndPoint) As SocketAddress ' Serialize IPEndPoint details to a SocketAddress instance. Dim socketAddress As SocketAddress = endpoint.Serialize() ' Display the serialized endpoint information. Console.WriteLine("Endpoint Serialize() : " + socketAddress.ToString()) Console.WriteLine("Socket Family : " + socketAddress.Family.ToString()) Console.WriteLine("Socket Size : " + socketAddress.ToString()) Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.") Console.ReadLine() Return socketAddress End Function 'serializeEndpoint Private Shared Sub displayEndpointInfo(ByVal endpoint As IPEndPoint) Console.WriteLine("Endpoint Address : " + endpoint.Address.ToString()) Console.WriteLine("Endpoint AddressFamily : " + endpoint.AddressFamily.ToString()) Console.WriteLine("Endpoint Port : " + endpoint.Port.ToString()) Console.WriteLine("Endpoint ToString() : " + endpoint.ToString()) Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.") Console.ReadLine() End Sub 'displayEndpointInfo ' The following method determines the server endpoint and then ' serializes it to obtain the related SocketAddress object. ' Note that in the for loop a temporary socket is created to ensure that ' the current IP address format matches the AddressFamily type. ' In fact, in the case of servers supporting both IPv4 and IPv6, an exception ' may arise if an IP address format does not match the address family type. Private Shared Function getSocketAddress(ByVal server As String, ByVal port As Integer) As SocketAddress Dim tempSocket As Socket = Nothing Dim host As IPHostEntry = Nothing Dim serializedSocketAddress As SocketAddress = Nothing Try ' Get the object containing Internet host information. host = Dns.Resolve(server) ' Obtain the IP address from the list of IP addresses associated with the server. Dim address As IPAddress For Each address In host.AddressList Dim endpoint As New IPEndPoint(address, port) tempSocket = New Socket(endpoint.AddressFamily, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp) tempSocket.Connect(endpoint) If tempSocket.Connected Then ' Display the endpoint information. displayEndpointInfo(endpoint) ' Serialize the endpoint to obtain a SocketAddress object. serializedSocketAddress = serializeEndpoint(endpoint) Exit For End If Next address 'Close the temporary socket. tempSocket.Close() Catch e As SocketException Console.WriteLine(("Source : " + e.Source)) Console.WriteLine(("Message : " + e.Message)) Catch e As Exception Console.WriteLine(("Source : " + e.Source)) Console.WriteLine(("Message : " + e.Message)) End Try Return serializedSocketAddress End Function 'getSocketAddress ' The requestServerHomePage obtains the server's home page and returns ' its content. Private Shared Function requestServerHomePage(ByVal server As String, ByVal port As Integer) As String Dim strRetPage As [String] = Nothing ' Get a socket address using the specified server and port. Dim socketAddress As SocketAddress = getSocketAddress(server, port) If socketAddress Is Nothing Then strRetPage = "Connection failed" ' Obtain the server's home page content. Else strRetPage = getPage(server, socketAddress) End If Return strRetPage End Function 'requestServerHomePage ' Show to the user how to use this program when wrong input parameters are entered. Private Shared Sub showusage() Console.WriteLine("Enter the server name as follows:") Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "vb_ipendpoint servername") End Sub 'showusage ' This is the program entry point. It allows the user to enter ' a server name that is used to locate its current homepage. Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String) Dim host As String = Nothing Dim port As Integer = 80 'Define a regular expression to parse user's input. 'This is a security check. It allows only 'alphanumeric input string between 2 to 40 character long. Dim rex As New Regex("^[a-zA-Z]\w{1,39}$") If args.Length = 0 Then ' Show how to use this program. showusage() Else host = args(0) If ((rex.Match(host)).Success) Then ' Get the specified server home_page and display its content. Dim result As String = requestServerHomePage(host, port) Console.WriteLine(result) Else Console.WriteLine("Input string format not allowed.") End If End If End Sub 'Main End Class 'TestIPEndPoint End Module End Namespace
Available since 10
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.1
Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.




