Connecting through URL

[toytoy]

How to connect using url instead of IP address..

I try using the url instead of IP but the error given is

The data at the root level is invalid, Line 1 position 1...

I even try to delete the "http://" and put in "anything.com.sg" but still cannot works the error is still the same...

        Try
            tcpC.Connect("http://anything.com.sg", 12345)
        Catch e As Exception
            Console.WriteLine(e.ToString())
        End Try

Thanks

[DeepButi]

toytoy,
are you sure your url accepts connections to the specified port?

I use

tcpClient = New Net.Sockets.TcpClient()
Try
    tcpClient.Connect("aaa.bbb.cc", 9112)
Catch m As Exception
    MsgBox(m.ToString())
End Try

and it works fine.