Unity TCP client: connection to a server - unity3d

Question

I have a hardware that streams data to a windows server, and I have IP and port of this server. Now I want to connect unity app as a TCP client to this server. I have tried many solutions, but still have hard time to figure out best way to do this. Any help is highly appreciated. One issue that I have with current tutorials is that most of them define a unity server and try to connect another unity app as client and mostly based on localhost. However, I just want to connect a unity app as a TCP client to a server which I have IP and port.
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Answer 1

First of all, at the top of your script:
using System;
using System.Net.Sockets;
Then, create an instance of TcpClient and begin the connection:
socket = new TcpClient
{
// dataBufferSize is in bytes
ReceiveBufferSize = dataBufferSize,
SendBufferSize = dataBufferSize
};
socket.BeginConnect(ip, port, ConnectCallback, socket);
In ConnectCallback():
private void ConnectCallback(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
{
socket.EndConnect(asyncResult);
if (!socket.Connected) return;
// stream is a NetworkStream you should declare somewhere
stream = socket.GetStream();
// receiveBuffer is a byte[] you should declare somewhere
receiveBuffer = new byte[dataBufferSize];
stream.BeginRead(receiveBuffer, 0, dataBufferSize, ReceiveCallback, null);
}
In ReceiveCallback():
private void ReceiveCallback(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
{
try
{
int byteLength = stream.EndRead(asyncResult);
if (byteLength <= 0)
{
// Disconnect client
return;
}
// Transfer data from receiveBuffer to data variable for handling
byte[] data = new byte[byteLength];
Array.Copy(receiveBuffer, data, byteLength);
// Handle data in any way you want to
// BeginRead again so you can keep receiving data
stream.BeginRead(receiveBuffer, 0, dataBufferSize, ReceiveCallback, null);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Error receiving TCP data: {e.Message}");
}
}
I got this information from this tutorial.