IPAddress.NetworkToHostOrder Method (Int64)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function NetworkToHostOrder ( _
    network As Long _
) As Long

public static long NetworkToHostOrder(
    long network
)

Remarks

Different computers use different conventions for ordering the bytes within multibyte integer values. Some computers put the most significant byte first (known as big-endian order) and others put the least-significant byte first (known as little-endian order). To work with computers that use different byte ordering, all integer values that are sent over the network are sent in network byte order which has the most significant byte first.

The NetworkToHostOrder method converts multibyte integer values that are stored on the host system from the byte order used by the network to the byte order used by the host.

Examples

The following example uses the NetworkToHostOrder method to convert a long value from network byte order to host byte order.

Dim networkByteLong As Long = 1228638273342013440
Dim hostByteLong As Long
' Converts an integer value from network byte order to host byte order.
hostByteLong = IPAddress.NetworkToHostOrder(networkByteLong)
outputBlock.Text &= "Network byte order to Host byte order of "
outputBlock.Text &= networkByteLong
outputBlock.Text &= " is "
outputBlock.Text &= hostByteLong
outputBlock.Text &= vbCrLf

long networkByteLong = 1228638273342013440;
long hostByteLong;
// Converts a long value from network byte order to host byte order.
hostByteLong = IPAddress.NetworkToHostOrder(networkByteLong);
outputBlock.Text += "Network byte order to Host byte order of ";
outputBlock.Text += networkByteLong;
outputBlock.Text += " is ";
outputBlock.Text += hostByteLong;
outputBlock.Text += "\n";

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

See Also

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