it's telling me this
"An unhandled exception of type 'System.FormatException' occurred in System.dll
Additional information: An invalid IP address was specified"
IPAddress ipAddr = IPAddress.Parse(richTextBox1.Text);
that's the code, richTextBox1 is the default name for a rich textbox.
i don't know why this isn't working
Edit: i'm really dumb i parsed the wrong textbox
IPAddress.Parse does not accept spaces or other characters in the string. Use string.Trim to eliminate such characters and it should work: