C# :: Looping Through A Range Of IP Addresses

I want to take a starting IP on a local network, and loop through to an ending IP on a local network, pinging all the IP addresses in between. For instance, ping all IP addresses between 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.255 (user enters desired starting IP and ending IP in text boxes).

I have the ping functionality working, and i can make it all work with lots of messy string parsing.. but it seems sloppy to me.

I have to split the strings (start and end IP) to get the last octet, then subtract to get the range of IPs. Then loop through, adding 1 to the last octet, and converting back to a string each time.

The C# Ping class can use either a string or an IPaddress for its Send method. If I use IPAddress, I just have to convert it from the text box it originates in, but the adding 1 to the last octet in the loop is a hassle.

Anyway, I guess the only question I have is, if you had to loop through a range of IP addresses, how would YOU do it?

public Job(string ipStartIn, string ipEndIn) {
long ip1 = Convert.ToInt64(ipStartIn);
long ip2 = Convert.ToInt64(ipEndIn);
IPStart = new IPAddress(ip1);
IPEnd = new IPAddress (ip2);
this.deviceAlive = false;

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