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IPAddress.HostToNetworkOrder Method (Int32)

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Converts an integer value from host byte order to network byte order.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function HostToNetworkOrder ( _
    host As Integer _
) As Integer

public static int HostToNetworkOrder(
    int host
)

Parameters

  • host
    Type: System.Int32
    The number to convert, expressed in host byte order.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
An integer value, expressed in network byte order.

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

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.