UdpClient.EnableBroadcast Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Net.Sockets

Assembly:

System.Net.Sockets.dll

Source:

UDPClient.cs

Gets or sets a Boolean value that specifies whether the UdpClient may send broadcast packets.

public:
 property bool EnableBroadcast { bool get(); void set(bool value); };

public bool EnableBroadcast { get; set; }

member this.EnableBroadcast : bool with get, set

Public Property EnableBroadcast As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true if the UdpClient allows sending broadcast packets; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Examples

The following code example shows the use of the EnableBroadcast property.

static void GetSetEnableBroadcast( UdpClient^ u )
{
   // Set the Broadcast flag for this client.
   u->EnableBroadcast = true;
   Console::WriteLine(  "EnableBroadcast value is {0}", u->EnableBroadcast );
}

public static void GetSetEnableBroadcast(UdpClient u)
{
    // Set the Broadcast flag for this client.
    u.EnableBroadcast = true;
    Console.WriteLine("EnableBroadcast value is {0}",
        u.EnableBroadcast);
}

Remarks

Broadcasting is limited to a specific subnet. You can broadcast to your local subnet by sending a packet to 255.255.255.255; or, you can use the directed broadcast address, which is the network portion of an Internet Protocol (IP) address with all bits set in the host portion. For example, if your IP address is 192.168.1.40 (a Class C address, with the network portion as the first three octets, and the host portion is the last octet), your directed broadcast address is 192.168.1.255.