Super simple Socket example

This example uses HTTP 1.1 to retrieve a web page. Code, and then wireshark it to see what the network traffic it generates looks like.

//Libraries used
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Text;

//Request Information
string IP = "128.119.245.12";
string request = "GET /wireshark-labs/INTRO-wireshark-file1.html\r\n" +
                 "Host: gaia.cs.umass.edu\r\n\r\n";

//Sending the Request
TcpClient socket = new TcpClient();
socket.Connect(IP, 80);
NetworkStream stream = socket.GetStream();
stream.Write(ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes(request));

//Reading the response
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
byte[] buffer = new byte[65536];
stream.ReadTimeout = 15000; //15 seconds
try
{
    do
    {
        stream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
        sb.Append(ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetString(buffer));
    } while (stream.DataAvailable);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    sb.Append(ex.Message);
}
Console.WriteLine(sb.ToString());