require 'socket'

s = Socket.new(Socket::AF_INET, Socket::SOCK_STREAM, 0)
sockaddr = Socket.sockaddr_in(2701, '192.168.14.42')
begin
s.connect(sockaddr)
rescue
    puts "error: #{$!}"
else
    s.print "version\r\n"
    data = s.recvfrom(1024)
    puts data
    # and terminate the connection when we're done
    s.close
end