From b17ea12056bc06954cea8d15210e55b6cf0f6015 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Jos=C3=A9=20Sim=C3=B5es?= <jose.simoes@eclo.solutions>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 11:22:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add `Connect` to `Socket`

- Bump native assembly version.
---
 nanoFramework.System.Net/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs | 2 +-
 nanoFramework.System.Net/Sockets/Socket.cs          | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/nanoFramework.System.Net/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/nanoFramework.System.Net/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 4b80865..f0a0e86 100644
--- a/nanoFramework.System.Net/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/nanoFramework.System.Net/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // update this whenever the native assembly signature changes //
-[assembly: AssemblyNativeVersion("100.2.0.11")]
+[assembly: AssemblyNativeVersion("100.2.0.12")]
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 // Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible 
diff --git a/nanoFramework.System.Net/Sockets/Socket.cs b/nanoFramework.System.Net/Sockets/Socket.cs
index 5bfe49c..e87e77f 100644
--- a/nanoFramework.System.Net/Sockets/Socket.cs
+++ b/nanoFramework.System.Net/Sockets/Socket.cs
@@ -180,6 +180,14 @@ public EndPoint RemoteEndPoint
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a value that indicates whether a <see cref="Socket"/> is connected to a remote host as of the last <see cref="Send"/> or <see cref="Receive"/> operation.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>
+        /// <see langword="true"/> if the <see cref="Socket"/> was connected to a remote resource as of the most recent operation; otherwise, <see langword="false"/>.
+        /// </value>
+        public bool Connected => _rightEndPoint != null && m_Handle != -1;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value that specifies the amount of time after which a synchronous <see cref="Receive(Byte[])"/> call will time out.
         /// </summary>