C# Network Programming

The TcpClient Class The TcpClient class, located in the System.Net.Sockets namespace, was designed to facilitate the writing of TCP client applications by bypassing the need to use the Socket class TCP functions. This section describes the T...

The TcpListener Class Like TcpClient, the TcpListener class (also located in the System.Net.Sockets namespace) provides a simplified way to create TCP server applications. This section describes the TcpListener class and shows how to use it ...

The UdpClient Class The UdpClient class was created to help make UDP network programs simpler for network programmers. This section describes the UdpClient class and its methods and walks you through creating a simple UDP server and client p...

Moving Data across the Network So far in this chapter you have seen how to move text messages efficiently from one device to another device across the network using the Socket helper classes. Certainly, for many applications this is all that...

Summary In this chapter, you explored the .NET helper classes that are used in creating network programs. Whereas the Socket class allows you to manually create network programs using traditional Unix network programming methods, the three c...