//Creates an IpEndPoint.
IPAddress ipAddress = Dns.Resolve("www.contoso.com").AddressList[0];
IPEndPoint ipLocalEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(ipAddress, 11000);

//Serializes the IPEndPoint. 
SocketAddress socketAddress = ipLocalEndPoint.Serialize();

//Verifies that ipLocalEndPoint is now serialized by printing its contents.
Console.WriteLine("Contents of the socketAddress are: " + socketAddress.ToString());
//Checks the Family property.
Console.WriteLine("The address family of the socketAddress is: " + socketAddress.Family.ToString());
//Checks the underlying buffer size.
Console.WriteLine("The size of the underlying buffer is: " + socketAddress.Size.ToString());