Question

How can you clear the data in a network stream without disposing it?

Dim ns As NetworkStream

Edit:

Based on the comment below by James, it seems that this question is not yet answered properly.

I thought doing:

ns = Nothing

would clear the network stream, but I was wrong.

Answer 1

I assume by “clear the network stream,” you mean you want to empty the input buffer?

var buffer = new byte[4096];
while (ns.DataAvailable)
{
    ns.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
}

That throws away all the data, but leaves the stream open for reading.

If you mean that you want to clear the output buffer (on a writeable stream), I have no idea. You’ll probably have to close the stream and create a new one.