NetworkHelper/Public/Get-BroadcastAddress.ps1
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Function Get-BroadcastAddress { <# .Synopsis Takes an IP address and subnet mask then calculates the broadcast address for the range. .Description Get-BroadcastAddress returns the broadcast address for a subnet by performing a bitwise AND operation against the decimal forms of the IP address and inverted subnet mask. Get-BroadcastAddress expects both the IP address and subnet mask in dotted decimal format. .Parameter IPAddress Any IP address within the network range. .Parameter SubnetMask The subnet mask for the network. #> [CmdLetBinding()] Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline = $True)] [Net.IPAddress]$IPAddress, [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, Position = 1)] [Alias('Mask')] [Net.IPAddress]$SubnetMask ) process { return ConvertTo-DottedDecimalIP $((ConvertTo-DecimalIP $IPAddress) -BOr ` ((-bnot (ConvertTo-DecimalIP $SubnetMask)) -band [UInt32]::MaxValue)) } } |