Well you are right. .Net does not have Winsock. You have to use the sockets class. I am not sure how or what is required but I think it is similar to winsock. I would search the MSDN library or goto Microsoft.com and look for and example. I would also try looking at
www.visualbasicforum.com or
www.winsockvb.com . They are great forums that should help you with what you are doing. I hope this helps. Good luck.
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This address should also help:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/dow...es/default.asp
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