Network Class Library Team (System.Net)
New Picture Hunt Silverlight Socket Sample
Introducing “Picture Hunt”, the newest Silverlight sample app. This multiplayer game...
Date: 04/27/2011
Silverlight 4 Socket Policy Changes
After installing the Silverlight plugin, a Silverlight application is able to run on your computer...
Date: 04/15/2010
System.Uri FAQ
NCL includes classes for networking related technology such as the base type System.Uri. URI’s are...
Date: 02/23/2010
UDP Multicast in Silverlight 4
In Silverlight 4, we have added multicast support. If you’re not familiar with multicast, here’s a...
Date: 11/18/2009
New Performance Counters for HttpWebRequest
Performance counters! You can never get enough! And starting with the .NET version 4.0 Beta 2, we in...
Date: 08/07/2009
What's new in System.Net.Mail
What’s new in System.Net.Mail We’ve made a number of enhancements to our SMTP support for .NET 4.0,...
Date: 08/06/2009
End-to-end connectivity with NAT traversal
Like street numbers for a house, the Internet was originally designed so that all network devices...
Date: 07/27/2009
New NCL Features in .NET 4.0 Beta 2
We’re introducing some new features starting with .NET 4.0 Beta 2 that you may find useful....
Date: 07/20/2009
Why does Silverlight have a restricted port range for Sockets?
Silverlight restricts the ports of outgoing TCP socket connections to the range 4502 – 4534....
Date: 06/23/2009
Custom HTTP Authentication Schemes
Introduction My name is Chris Ross and I work as a developer for Microsoft’s .NET Framework...
Date: 05/05/2009
Functional Areas of the Network Class Library
If you are wondering exactly what is in the NCL, the diagram below should help. It’s a high-level...
Date: 03/25/2009
Code Patterns for Online/Offline Network Detection
In the last entry I showed you why you should use the NetworkChange.NetworkAddressChanged API to...
Date: 03/23/2009
Online/Offline Network Detection with the .NET Framework
Imagine this: you have been working on your great New World Wide Web program. Your very first...
Date: 03/17/2009
FtpWebRequest compile with extended comments
This is a current compile of the team's existing blogs on FtpWebRequest. I am going to update it...
Date: 07/26/2008
How to troubleshoot your System.Net code
Sytem.Net tracingOne of the easiest ways is to use the built in System.Net tracing. It is a matter...
Date: 07/25/2008
Welcome to the Network Class Library (NCL) Team Blog
Delivering your managed networking experience. There is a chance that you have never heard about the...
Date: 07/21/2008