//m_ns is a NetworkStream object
try
{
    //Write to the port but have to convert string -> byte[]
    if (m_ns.CanWrite)
    {
        m_ns.Write(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(cmd), 0, cmd.Length);
    }
    else
    {
        LogFile.WriteLog("!ERROR! OnscreenService: Unable to write to the socket");
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}
catch (SocketException se)  //Exceptions for sockets
{
    //There is code here but I don't think it is relevant to this issue.
}
catch (System.IO.IOException ioe)  //Exceptions for NetworkStream
{
    LogFile.WriteLog(string.Format("!ERROR! Onscreenservice (System.IO.IOException): {0} {1}",
        ioe.Source, ioe.Message, ioe.StackTrace));
    return false;
}

class landfish
{
   public:

   landfish(); 
   landfish( const char * landfishIsAwesome ); 
};

private bool DoConnect(IPAddress ip)
{
    string port = _cmdConfig.FindConfigOption("netport");
    if (port.Length == 0)
    {
        LogFile.WriteLog("!ERROR!: Missing netport in projector config");
        return false;
    }

    try
    {
        m_tcp = new TcpClient(AddressFamily.InterNetwork);
        m_tcp.Connect(new IPEndPoint(ip, int.Parse(port)));  //Connect IP/port
        m_ns = m_tcp.GetStream();

        if (_theMake.ToLower() == "epson")  //Epson projector?
            SendEpsonPreamble();

        m_ns.BeginRead(m_recvBuf, 0, m_recvBuf.Length, m_recvCB, null);  //Begin asynchronous read
        base._isConnected = true;  //Set that we are connected.
        return true;
    }
    catch (TimeoutException te)
    {
        LogFile.WriteLog(string.Format("!ERROR!: {0}", te.Message));
        return false;
    }
    catch (SocketException se)
    {
        LogFile.WriteLog(string.Format("!ERROR! {0}: Socket error ({1}) - {2}",
            se.Source, se.ErrorCode, se.Message));
        return false;
    }
}