GetBroadcastAddress Method

Get Broadcast address of a given IP address

Syntax

public static IPAddress GetBroadcastAddress( 
   IPAddress address,
   IPAddress subnetMask
)

Parameters

address: The IP address
subnetMask: the subnet mask

Return Value

The broadcast address

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentException	Lengths of IP address and subnet mask do not match if IP subnet does not belongs to IP address.
System.ArgumentException	Either IP address was null.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

NetworkExtensionMethods Class
NetworkExtensionMethods Members