Which .Net component should be used to communicate tcp / ip sockets?

Question

We need to talk to another system that wants to contact us through raw tcp / ip socket communication. What would be the appropriate .Net object, if any, to use for this?

If you know about a third-party component, an open source component, etc. that you think is better to use, feel free to mention this as well.

Answer 1

I would use TcpClient. It sits on top of Socket and is an abstraction on Socket. TcpClient has a GetStream that returns a Stream object. Then, to read a stream, you can simply use a stream reader.

For example:

tcpClient = new TcpClient(host, port)
                            {
                                ReceiveTimeout = readTimeout
                            };
            stream = tcpClient.GetStream();
            streamReader = new StreamReader(stream, Encoding.ASCII);
            streamWriter = new StreamWriter(stream, Encoding.ASCII)
                               {
                                   AutoFlush = true
                               };

            return this;

What allows (snippet):

s treamReader.Read(myReadBuffer, 0, myReadBuffer.Length)

Answer 2

System.Net.Sockets.Socket

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.sockets.socket.aspx

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

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