Class Dns

Namespace

System.Net

Assembly

System.Net.dll

Provides simple domain name resolution functionality.

public static class Dns

Inheritance

object

Dns

Inherited Members

object.ToString()

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

Methods

GetHostEntry(string)

Resolves a host name or IP address to an IPHostEntry instance.

public static IPHostEntry GetHostEntry(string hostNameOrAddress)

Parameters

hostNameOrAddress string

The host name or IP address to resolve.

Returns

IPHostEntry

An IPHostEntry instance that contains address information about the host specified in hostNameOrAddress.

Remarks

The GetHostEntry method queries a DNS server for the IP address that is associated with a host name or IP address.

When an empty string is passed as the host name, this method returns the IPv4 addresses of the local host.