How reliable is .NET TCP protocol?

Question

I\'m quite new to C# so please bear with me. I\'m writing a relatively simple client server application in C# .NET 4.0. I am using TCP protocol, TCPListener and TCPClient to

Answer 1

With TCP/IP alone, you cannot determine whether any data is received - you would have to layer another protocol on top.

If you can find out if some particular data was received, then TCP/IP guarantees all data before that was also received.