ProtocolType Enumeration

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Specifies the protocols that the Socket class supports.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Enumeration ProtocolType

public enum ProtocolType

public enum class ProtocolType

type ProtocolType

public enum ProtocolType

Members

	Member name	Description
	IP	Internet Protocol.
	IPv6HopByHopOptions	IPv6 Hop by Hop Options header.
	Icmp	Internet Control Message Protocol.
	Igmp	Internet Group Management Protocol.
	Ggp	Gateway To Gateway Protocol.
	IPv4	Internet Protocol version 4.
	Tcp	Transmission Control Protocol.
	Pup	PARC Universal Packet Protocol.
	Udp	User Datagram Protocol.
	Idp	Internet Datagram Protocol.
	IPv6	Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).
	IPv6RoutingHeader	IPv6 Routing header.
	IPv6FragmentHeader	IPv6 Fragment header.
	IPSecEncapsulatingSecurityPayload	IPv6 Encapsulating Security Payload header.
	IPSecAuthenticationHeader	IPv6 Authentication header. For details, see RFC 2292 section 2.2.1, available at http://www.ietf.org.
	IcmpV6	Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6.
	IPv6NoNextHeader	IPv6 No next header.
	IPv6DestinationOptions	IPv6 Destination Options header.
	ND	Net Disk Protocol (unofficial).
	Raw	Raw IP packet protocol.
	Unspecified	Unspecified protocol.
	Ipx	Internet Packet Exchange Protocol.
	Spx	Sequenced Packet Exchange protocol.
	SpxII	Sequenced Packet Exchange version 2 protocol.
	Unknown	Unknown protocol.

Remarks

The Socket class uses the ProtocolType enumeration to inform the Windows Sockets API of the requested protocol. Low-level driver software for the requested protocol must be present on the computer for the Socket to be created successfully.

See Also

Reference

System.Net.Sockets Namespace