Regular expression to match DNS hostname or IP Address?

Question

Does anyone have a regular expression handy that will match any legal DNS hostname or IP address?

It\'s easy to write one that works 95% of the time, but I\'m hoping

Answer 1

I think this is the best Ip validation regex. please check it once!!!

^(([01]?[0-9]?[0-9]|2([0-4][0-9]|5[0-5]))\.){3}([01]?[0-9]?[0-9]|2([0-4][0-9]|5[0-5]))$