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IPAddress.AddressFamily Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Net
Assemblies:
System.dll, System.Net.Primitives.dll
Assemblies:
netstandard.dll, System.Net.Primitives.dll
Assembly:
System.Net.Primitives.dll
Assembly:
System.dll
Assembly:
netstandard.dll
Source:
IPAddress.cs
Source:
IPAddress.cs
Source:
IPAddress.cs

Gets the address family of the IP address.

C# 
public System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily AddressFamily { get; }

Property Value

AddressFamily

Returns InterNetwork for IPv4 or InterNetworkV6 for IPv6.

Examples

Refer to the example in the IPAddress class topic.

C# 

// Display the type of address family supported by the server. If the
// server is IPv6-enabled this value is: InterNetworkV6. If the server
// is also IPv4-enabled there will be an additional value of InterNetwork.
Console.WriteLine("AddressFamily: " + curAdd.AddressFamily.ToString());

// Display the ScopeId property in case of IPV6 addresses.
if(curAdd.AddressFamily.ToString() == ProtocolFamily.InterNetworkV6.ToString())
  Console.WriteLine("Scope Id: " + curAdd.ScopeId.ToString());

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0