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IPAddressExtensions.cs
//Not my code, but not sure where it came from.
using System;
using System.Net;
public static class IPAddressExtensions
{
public static IPAddress GetBroadcastAddress(this IPAddress address, IPAddress subnetMask)
{
byte[] ipAdressBytes = address.GetAddressBytes();
byte[] subnetMaskBytes = subnetMask.GetAddressBytes();
if (ipAdressBytes.Length != subnetMaskBytes.Length)
throw new ArgumentException("Lengths of IP address and subnet mask do not match.");
byte[] broadcastAddress = new byte[ipAdressBytes.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < broadcastAddress.Length; i++)
{
broadcastAddress[i] = (byte)(ipAdressBytes[i] | (subnetMaskBytes[i] ^ 255));
}
return new IPAddress(broadcastAddress);
}
public static IPAddress GetNetworkAddress(this IPAddress address, IPAddress subnetMask)
{
byte[] ipAdressBytes = address.GetAddressBytes();
byte[] subnetMaskBytes = subnetMask.GetAddressBytes();
if (ipAdressBytes.Length != subnetMaskBytes.Length)
throw new ArgumentException("Lengths of IP address and subnet mask do not match.");
byte[] broadcastAddress = new byte[ipAdressBytes.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < broadcastAddress.Length; i++)
{
broadcastAddress[i] = (byte)(ipAdressBytes[i] & (subnetMaskBytes[i]));
}
return new IPAddress(broadcastAddress);
}
public static bool IsInSameSubnet(this IPAddress address2, IPAddress address, IPAddress subnetMask)
{
IPAddress network1 = address.GetNetworkAddress(subnetMask);
IPAddress network2 = address2.GetNetworkAddress(subnetMask);
return network1.Equals(network2);
}
}
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