Find the next TCP port in .NET

Question

I want to create a new net.tcp://localhost:x/Service endpoint for a WCF service call, with a dynamically assigned new open TCP port.

I know that TcpClient will assig

Answer 1

Here is what I was looking for:

static int FreeTcpPort()
{
  TcpListener l = new TcpListener(IPAddress.Loopback, 0);
  l.Start();
  int port = ((IPEndPoint)l.LocalEndpoint).Port;
  l.Stop();
  return port;
}