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's a more abbreviated way to implement this if you want to find the next available TCP port within a given range:

private int GetNextUnusedPort(int min, int max)
{
    if (max < min)
        throw new ArgumentException("Max cannot be less than min.");

    var ipProperties = IPGlobalProperties.GetIPGlobalProperties();

    var usedPorts =
        ipProperties.GetActiveTcpConnections()
            .Where(connection => connection.State != TcpState.Closed)
            .Select(connection => connection.LocalEndPoint)
            .Concat(ipProperties.GetActiveTcpListeners())
            .Concat(ipProperties.GetActiveUdpListeners())
            .Select(endpoint => endpoint.Port)
            .ToArray();

    var firstUnused =
        Enumerable.Range(min, max - min)
            .Where(port => !usedPorts.Contains(port))
            .Select(port => new int?(port))
            .FirstOrDefault();

    if (!firstUnused.HasValue)
        throw new Exception($"All local TCP ports between {min} and {max} are currently in use.");

    return firstUnused.Value;
}

Answer 2

I found the following code from Selenium.WebDriver DLL

Namespace: OpenQA.Selenium.Internal

Class: PortUtility

public static int FindFreePort()
{
    int port = 0;
    Socket socket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
    try
    {
        IPEndPoint localEP = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, 0);
        socket.Bind(localEP);
        localEP = (IPEndPoint)socket.LocalEndPoint;
        port = localEP.Port;
    }
    finally
    {
        socket.Close();
    }
    return port;
}