IPAddress.Broadcast Field

Reference

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

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Provides the IP broadcast address. This field is read-only.

public: static initonly System::Net::IPAddress ^ Broadcast;

public static readonly System.Net.IPAddress Broadcast;

 staticval mutable Broadcast : System.Net.IPAddress

Public Shared ReadOnly Broadcast As IPAddress

Field Value

IPAddress

Examples

The following example prints the Broadcast address to the console.

void PrintBroadcastAddress()
{
   // Get the IP Broadcast address and convert it to string.
   String^ IpAddressString = IPAddress::Broadcast->ToString();
   Console::WriteLine( "\nBroadcast IP address : {0}", IpAddressString );
}

public void PrintBroadcastAddress()
{
  // Get the IP Broadcast address and convert it to string.
  string ipAddressString = IPAddress.Broadcast.ToString();
  Console.WriteLine("Broadcast IP address: {0}", ipAddressString);
}

Public Sub PrintBroadcastAddress()
    ' gets the IP Broadcast address and convert it to string.
    Dim IpAddressString As [String] = IPAddress.Broadcast.ToString()
    Console.WriteLine((ControlChars.Cr + "Broadcast IP address : " + IpAddressString))
End Sub

Remarks

The Broadcast field is equivalent to 255.255.255.255 in dotted-quad notation.

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

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