Alright - despite the criticism, I am going to post the solution after hours of researching. I created a TCP client and the modified the settings (IP, port, etc.) Hopefully this helps some future programmers!
Imports System.Net.Sockets
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Call Connect("192.168.0.1", "S" & vbCrLf)
End Sub
Shared Sub Connect(ByVal server As [String], ByVal message As [String])
Try
' Create a TcpClient.
' Note, for this client to work you need to have a TcpServer
' connected to the same address as specified by the server, port
' combination.
Dim port As Int32 = 8000
Dim client As New TcpClient(server, port)
' Translate the passed message into ASCII and store it as a Byte array.
Dim data As [Byte]() = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(message)
' Get a client stream for reading and writing.
' Stream stream = client.GetStream();
Dim stream As NetworkStream = client.GetStream()
' Send the message to the connected TcpServer.
stream.Write(data, 0, data.Length)
'Console.WriteLine("Sent: {0}", message)
MsgBox("Sent: {0} " & message)
' Receive the TcpServer.response.
' Buffer to store the response bytes.
data = New [Byte](256) {}
' String to store the response ASCII representation.
Dim responseData As [String] = [String].Empty
' Read the first batch of the TcpServer response bytes.
Dim bytes As Int32 = stream.Read(data, 0, data.Length)
responseData = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(data, 0, bytes)
'Console.WriteLine("Received: {0}", responseData)
MsgBox("Received: {0} " & responseData)
' Close everything.
stream.Close()
client.Close()
Catch e As ArgumentNullException
'Console.WriteLine("ArgumentNullException: {0}", e)
MsgBox("ArgumentNullException: {0}" & e.Message)
Catch e As SocketException
'Console.WriteLine("SocketException: {0}", e)
MsgBox("SocketException: {0}" & e.Message)
End Try
MsgBox("Got to this point in code")
'Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + " Press Enter to continue...")
'Console.Read()
End Sub 'Connect
End Class
