Binary Network Byte Order
using System; using System.Net; using System.Text; public class BinaryNetworkByteOrder { public static void Main() { short test1 = 45; int test2 = 314159; long test3 = -123456789033452; byte[] data = new byte[1024]; string output; data = BitConverter.GetBytes(test1); output = BitConverter.ToString(data); Console.WriteLine("test1 = {0}, string = {1}", test1, output); data = BitConverter.GetBytes(test2); output = BitConverter.ToString(data); Console.WriteLine("test2 = {0}, string = {1}", test2, output); data = BitConverter.GetBytes(test3); output = BitConverter.ToString(data); Console.WriteLine("test3 = {0}, string = {1}", test3, output); short test1b = IPAddress.HostToNetworkOrder(test1); data = BitConverter.GetBytes(test1b); output = BitConverter.ToString(data); Console.WriteLine("test1 = {0}, nbo = {1}", test1b, output); int test2b = IPAddress.HostToNetworkOrder(test2); data = BitConverter.GetBytes(test2b); output = BitConverter.ToString(data); Console.WriteLine("test2 = {0}, nbo = {1}", test2b, output); long test3b = IPAddress.HostToNetworkOrder(test3); data = BitConverter.GetBytes(test3b); output = BitConverter.ToString(data); Console.WriteLine("test3 = {0}, nbo = {1}", test3b, output); } }