IPAddress.IPv6Any Field

Definition

Namespace:

System.Net

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Net.Primitives.dll

Source:

IPAddress.cs

The Bind(EndPoint) method uses the IPv6Any field to indicate that a Socket must listen for client activity on all network interfaces.

C#

public static readonly System.Net.IPAddress IPv6Any;

Field Value

IPAddress

Examples

The following code example displays the value of the current host's Any address in standard compressed format.

C#

// This method displays the value of the current host's Any address in
// standard compressed format. The Any address is used by the host to enable
// listening to client activities on all the interfaces for a given port.
private static void displayIPv6AnyAddress()
{
  try
  {
    // Get the Any address.
    IPAddress any = IPAddress.IPv6Any;

    // Transform the Any address to a string using the overloaded
    // ToString() method. Note that the resulting string is in the compact
    // form: "::".
    string ipv6Any = any.ToString();

    // Display the Any address.
    Console.WriteLine("The IPv6 Any address is: " + ipv6Any);
  }
  catch (Exception e)
  {
    Console.WriteLine("[displayIPv6AnyAddress] Exception: " + e.ToString());
  }
}

Remarks

The IPv6Any field is equivalent to 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 in colon-hexadecimal notation, or to :: in compact notation.

Applies to