tcp/ip without ip in .net

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Strange title I know, but please hear me out. I am looking for a version of TcpClient and TcpListener which don't use IP. In essence, I would like to be able to use all the TCP benefits (reliable & ordered) on top of any protocol of my choosing (UDP, ICMP, DNS, carrier pigeon).

Is there a way I could somehow tap into what TCP is passing down to the IP layer?

Thanks, Fidel

Edit:

I want a reliable protocol (eg. TCP) which can pump data into a stream, and read data from a stream, without knowing exactly how the stream transports that data.

I have explicit control over that stream. I just need TCP to send information to that stream instead of its regular underlying layer.

Do you have at least SLIGHT idea, how does networking works? — nothrow, Dec 14 '10 at 13:14
TCP on top of UDP? They both work at the transport layer... And DNS is application layer... see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model — Mauricio Scheffer, Dec 14 '10 at 13:15
What's the **concrete** problem that led you to search for a solution like this? — Mauricio Scheffer, Dec 14 '10 at 13:17

Johannes · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-13T15:55:10.273

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There was an experiment run to get TCP working with Pigeons. Recently there also was an experiment using Humans and Xylophones.

edited May 13 '12 at 15:55

answered Dec 14 '10 at 13:18

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I think that was ICMP/IP with pigeons. Did they actually use TCP with that? – Michał Piaskowski Dec 14 '10 at 13:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 14 '10 at 13:20

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You can achieve this and you do not need to use TCP/IP.

Have a look here, you can pass different address types not just TCP/IP.

But remember if you are talking about UDP, ICMP, ... they are different protocols not different addressing schemes.

answered Dec 14 '10 at 13:20

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