How to create simple C# Binary socket server (Not WCF!) (Simplest Way To Open and Use a Socket in C# ?)

Question

How to create simple C# Binary socket server (Not WCF!)

Who knows the Simplest Way To Open and Use a Socket in C# (Not with WCF)?

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What do I need? I need -

• Open Source Libs
• Tutorials
• Blog posts/Articles

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Vote!) one who will take at least (0+25) votes wins

Answer 1

Probably use winsock.

here is what google found:

Winsock with c#

And there is a lot more out there...

Answer 2

Use the standard .NET TcpClient and TcpListener classes -- they are trivial to use and do what you want.

If you want to use open source only, the Mono implementation of these classes works perfectly.