Resolve a Hostname to an IP Address

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Demonstrates Socket.DnsLookup, which resolves a hostname and returns one numeric IP address.

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$socket = New-Object Chilkat.Socket

#  Resolve a hostname to a numeric IP address, waiting up to 5 seconds.
$ipAddress = $socket.DnsLookup("example.com",5000)
if ($socket.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($socket.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Resolved IP address: " + $ipAddress)