<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>

    <configSections>
        <sectionGroup name="ConsoleSettings">
        <section name="Console" type="MyApp.ConfigSection" allowLocation="true" allowDefinition="Everywhere" />
        </sectionGroup>
    </configSections>

    <ConsoleSettings>
        <Console Username="User" Password="user" LanAddress="192.168.42.11" Port="8792" />
    </ConsoleSettings>
....

var configFile = new ExeConfigurationFileMap();
var configFile.ExeConfigFilename = "MyApp.exe.config";
var config = ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(configFile, ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

var configGroup = config.SectionGroups[@"ConsoleSettings"];
var consoleSection = configGroup.Sections[0];
var lanAddress = consoleSection.// this is where I get stuck