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SuffixOrigin Enumeration

Specifies how an IP address host suffix was located.

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

'Declaration
Public Enumeration SuffixOrigin
'Usage
Dim instance As SuffixOrigin

Member nameDescription
OtherThe suffix was located using an unspecified source.
ManualThe suffix was manually configured.
WellKnownThe suffix is a well-known suffix. Well-known suffixes are specified in standard-track Request for Comments (RFC) documents and assigned by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (Iana) or an address registry. Such suffixes are reserved for special purposes.
OriginDhcpThe suffix was supplied by a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.
LinkLayerAddressThe suffix is a link-local suffix.
RandomThe suffix was randomly assigned.

IP addresses are divided into two parts: the prefix and the suffix. The address prefix identifies the network portion of an IP address, and the address suffix identifies the host portion. Prefixes are assigned by global authorities, and suffixes are assigned by local system administrators.

This enumeration is used by the UnicastIPAddressInformation class. Instances of this class are returned when you retrieve the unicast address information for a NetworkInterface object.

The following code example displays prefix and suffix information for unicast addresses.

Public Shared Sub DisplayUnicastAddresses() 

    Console.WriteLine("Unicast Addresses")
    Dim adapters As NetworkInterface() = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces()
    Dim adapter As NetworkInterface
    For Each adapter In  adapters
        Dim adapterProperties As IPInterfaceProperties = adapter.GetIPProperties()
        Dim uniCast As UnicastIPAddressInformationCollection = adapterProperties.UnicastAddresses
        If uniCast.Count > 0 Then
            Console.WriteLine(adapter.Description)
            Dim lifeTimeFormat As String = "dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy  hh:mm:ss tt" 
            Dim uni As UnicastIPAddressInformation
            For Each uni In  uniCast
                Dim [when] As DateTime

                Console.WriteLine("  Unicast Address ......................... : {0}", uni.Address)
                Console.WriteLine("     Prefix Origin ........................ : {0}", uni.PrefixOrigin)
                Console.WriteLine("     Suffix Origin ........................ : {0}", uni.SuffixOrigin)
                Console.WriteLine("     Duplicate Address Detection .......... : {0}", uni.DuplicateAddressDetectionState)

                ' Format the lifetimes as Sunday, February 16, 2003 11:33:44 PM 
                ' if en-us is the current culture. 
                ' Calculate the date and time at the end of the lifetimes.    
                [when] = DateTime.UtcNow + TimeSpan.FromSeconds(uni.AddressValidLifetime)
                [when] = [when].ToLocalTime()
                Console.WriteLine("     Valid Life Time ...................... : {0}", [when].ToString(lifeTimeFormat, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture))
                [when] = DateTime.UtcNow + TimeSpan.FromSeconds(uni.AddressPreferredLifetime)
                [when] = [when].ToLocalTime()
                Console.WriteLine("     Preferred life time .................. : {0}", [when].ToString(lifeTimeFormat, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture))

                [when] = DateTime.UtcNow + TimeSpan.FromSeconds(uni.DhcpLeaseLifetime)
                [when] = [when].ToLocalTime()
                Console.WriteLine("     DHCP Leased Life Time ................ : {0}", [when].ToString(lifeTimeFormat, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture))
            Next uni
            Console.WriteLine()
        End If 
    Next adapter

End Sub 'DisplayUnicastAddresses
void DisplayUnicastAddresses()
{
    Console::WriteLine(S"Unicast Addresses");
    NetworkInterface* adapters[]  = NetworkInterface::GetAllNetworkInterfaces();
    System::Collections::IEnumerator* myEnum17 = adapters->GetEnumerator();
    while (myEnum17->MoveNext())
    {
        NetworkInterface* adapter = __try_cast<NetworkInterface*>(myEnum17->Current);
        IPInterfaceProperties* adapterProperties = adapter->GetIPInterfaceProperties();
        IPUnicastAddressInformationCollection* uniCast = adapterProperties->UnicastAddresses;
        if (uniCast->Count >0)
        {
            Console::WriteLine(adapter->Description);
            String* lifeTimeFormat = S"dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy  hh:mm:ss tt";
            System::Collections::IEnumerator* myEnum18 = uniCast->GetEnumerator();
            while (myEnum18->MoveNext())
            {
                IPUnicastAddressInformation* uni = __try_cast<IPUnicastAddressInformation*>(myEnum18->Current);
                DateTime when;

                Console::WriteLine(S"  Unicast Address ......................... : {0}", uni->Address);
                Console::WriteLine(S"     Prefix Origin ........................ : {0}", __box(uni->PrefixOrigin));
                Console::WriteLine(S"     Suffix Origin ........................ : {0}", __box(uni->SuffixOrigin));
                Console::WriteLine(S"     Duplicate Address Detection .......... : {0}", __box(uni->DuplicateAddressDetectionState));

                // Format the lifetimes as Sunday, February 16, 2003 11:33:44 PM
                // if en-us is the current culture.

                // Calculate the date and time at the end of the lifetimes.    
                when = DateTime::UtcNow + TimeSpan::FromSeconds((double)uni->AddressValidLifetime);
                when = when.ToLocalTime();    
                Console::WriteLine(S"     Valid Life Time ...................... : {0}", 
                    when.ToString(lifeTimeFormat,System::Globalization::CultureInfo::CurrentCulture)
                    );
                when = DateTime::UtcNow + TimeSpan::FromSeconds((double)uni->AddressPreferredLifetime);   
                when = when.ToLocalTime();
                Console::WriteLine(S"     Preferred life time .................. : {0}", 
                    when.ToString(lifeTimeFormat,System::Globalization::CultureInfo::CurrentCulture)
                    ); 

                when = DateTime::UtcNow + TimeSpan::FromSeconds((double)uni->DhcpLeaseLifetime);
                when = when.ToLocalTime(); 
                Console::WriteLine(S"     DHCP Leased Life Time ................ : {0}", 
                    when.ToString(lifeTimeFormat,System::Globalization::CultureInfo::CurrentCulture)
                    );
            }
            Console::WriteLine();
        }
    }
}

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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