private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        // This will stop the threads/connections and toggle the button back to its original state
        if (button2.Text == "Stop Listening")
        {

            listener.Close();
            stop = true;
            threadsActive = false;
            button2.Text = "Start Listening";
            textBox1.AppendText("Manually Closed Threads/Connections" + Environment.NewLine);

        }
        else
        {

            listenThread = new Thread(listenLoop);
            listenThread.IsBackground = true;
            status = new Thread(checkIfOnline);
            status.IsBackground = true;
            stop = false;
            threadsActive = true;
            button2.Text = "Stop Listening";
            localEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse("129.59.79.65"), 3000);
            listener = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
            listenThread.Start();
            status.Start();

        }

    }

private void listenLoop()
    {

        try
        {

            listener.Bind(localEndPoint);
            listener.Listen(100);

            textBox1.AppendText("Waiting for a client..." + Environment.NewLine);

            listener = listener.Accept();
            textBox1.AppendText("Client Connected!!" + Environment.NewLine);

            status.Start();

            while (!close)
            {

                if (stop)
                    return;
                // server connection loop

            }

            if(close)
                return;

        }
        catch (Exception excp)
        {



        }

    }

private void ResetSocket()
    {

        // stop all threads and connections
        stop = true;
        listener.Close();

        textBox1.AppendText("Attempting to kill threads..." + Environment.NewLine);
        //while (listenThread.IsAlive == true || status.IsAlive == true) { /*loop until the threads are killed*/ textBox1.AppendText("Closing Threads..."); }
        //listener.Close();
        threadsActive = false;

        textBox1.AppendText("All Threads/Connections Closed" + Environment.NewLine + "Restarting Threads/Connections..." + Environment.NewLine);

        // re-establish and start threads and connections again
        stop = false;
        listenThread = new Thread(listenLoop);
        listenThread.IsBackground = true;
        status = new Thread(checkIfOnline);
        status.IsBackground = true;
        threadsActive = true;
        localEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse("129.59.79.65"), 3000);
        listener = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
        listenThread.Start();
        status.Start();

        textBox1.AppendText("Threads/Connections Restarted Successfully" + Environment.NewLine);

    }