.Net IPAddress IPv4

Question

I have the following code:

Dim ipAdd As IPAddress = Dns.GetHostEntry(strHostname).AddressList(0)
Dim strIP As String = ipAdd.ToString()

When I

Answer 1

Instead of unconditionally taking the first element of the AddressList, you could take the first IPv4 address:

var address = Dns.GetHostEntry(strHostname)
                 .AddressList
                 .First(ip => ip.AddressFamily == AddressFamily.InterNetwork);