Socket.Close doesn't really close tcp socket? (c#)

Question

It seems that using socket.Close() for a tcp socket, doesn\'t fully close the socket. In the following example I\'m trying to connect to example.com at port 9999, which is not o

Answer 1

You're calling *Begin*Connect - so doing it asynchronously. You're quite possibly trying to close the socket before it's even connected - so when it then connects, it remains open.

Try connecting synchronously - or closing it in OnSocketConnected so you can see the effect of closing a genuinely connected socket.