IPAddress Class

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Provides an Internet Protocol (IP) address.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System. . :: . .Object
System.Net..::..IPAddress

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

'Declaration
<SerializableAttribute> _
Public Class IPAddress

[SerializableAttribute]
public class IPAddress

[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class IPAddress

[<SerializableAttribute>]
type IPAddress =  class end

public class IPAddress

The IPAddress type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	IPAddress(array<Byte> [] () [] [])	Initializes a new instance of the IPAddress class with the address specified as a Byte array.
	IPAddress(Int64)	Initializes a new instance of the IPAddress class with the address specified as an Int64.

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	Name	Description
	Equals	Compares two IP addresses. (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.)
	GetAddressBytes	Provides a copy of the IPAddress as an array of bytes.
	GetDefaultLocalAddress	Retrieves an IP address that is the local default address.
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Parse	Converts an IP address string to an IPAddress instance.
	ToString	Converts an Internet address to its standard notation. (Overrides Object. . :: . .ToString() () () ().)

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	Name	Description
	Any	Provides an IP address that indicates that the server must listen for client activity on all network interfaces. This field is read-only.
	Loopback	Provides the IP loopback address. This field is read-only.

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The IPAddress class contains the address of a computer on an IP network.

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.