Socket.AddressFamily Property

Definition

Gets the address family of the Socket.

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

Property Value

One of the AddressFamily values.

Examples

The following code example displays the AddressFamily, SocketType, and ProtocolType to the console.

C#
Socket s = new Socket(lep.Address.AddressFamily, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);

// Using the AddressFamily, SocketType, and ProtocolType properties.
Console.WriteLine("I just set the following properties of socket: " + "Address Family = " + s.AddressFamily.ToString() + "\nSocketType = " + s.SocketType.ToString() + "\nProtocolType = " + s.ProtocolType.ToString());

Remarks

The AddressFamily specifies the addressing scheme that an instance of the Socket class can use. This property is read-only and is set when the Socket is created.

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
.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

See also