title: Socket programming and telnet with VB.net
body: <p>I'm writing a GUI-based app in VB.net that talks to a LambdaMOO server via telnet, sends commands to display the object hierarchy, then parses the output and creates a visual representation of the object hierarchy.</p>
  
  <p>So my question is: is there some kind of "telnet client" class for .NET to simplify the sending and receiving of data, or do I have to write my own using the socket API?</p>
  
  <p>Does Mono have something like this?</p>
  
  <p>Barring an easy solution, does anyone have a good tutorial they can point to for telnet client programming in VB.net?</p>