reconnecting to socket

[shaminda]

I use a socket class to read data from a TCP/IP Camera. The problem I have is I want to connect and close the socket multiple times. Here are the commands to connect and close the socket

_socket.Connect("172.20.83.30", 5001)

_socket.close()

The problem I have is after I close the socket I cannot open it again. Does anybody know how to re-connect? _Socket.Connect will not reconnect.

Another consideration I have is after I closed the socket setting _socket to nothing.

_socket = nothing

But how would I reinitiate the object and connect it.

Here is the code where I initiate it.

Private WithEvents _socket As New ShadowMud.Sockets.AsyncSocket