The Close method closes the remote host connection and releases all managed and unmanaged resources associated with the Socket. Upon closing, the Connected property is set to false.

For connection-oriented protocols, it is recommended that you call Shutdown before calling the Close method. This ensures that all data is sent and received on the connected socket before it is closed.

If you need to call Close without first calling Shutdown, you can ensure that data queued for outgoing transmission will be sent by setting the DontLingerSocket option to false and specifying a non-zero time-out interval. Close will then block until this data is sent or until the specified time-out expires. If you set DontLinger to false and specify a zero time-out interval, Close releases the connection and automatically discards outgoing queued data.