I am working on an app that connects to a device using the TCP protocol. I send a data packet (containing a command), this is a relatively small data packet. Then the device that I am connected to will return a data packet (again relatively small packet up to 1K worth of data).
I will connect to the device up to 250 times (send and receive data) then I will wait for about 1 minute (might be a longer wait. I think I will make the waiting period programmable from 30 seconds to 5 minutes) and do the same thing over again.

Currently what I am doing is connecting to the IP endpoint (IP address and port) using TCP anding the command, then receiving the data then disconnecting. Then I connect, send, receive and disconnect again and so on and so forth.

This is in my oppinion the correct way of doing this.

The other option is to connect, then send command#1, receive, send command #2, receive, ....send command#250, receive and then disconnect

Any thoughts on the issue? Has anyone created a class that does something similar? Which method would you choose?

Thanks,
Einar