I'm using C# and want to send a 'long' value over the network. All my network traffic deals with sending arrays of bytes. So basically, I need to figure out how to decompose a 'long' value into a series of byte values, then reassemble them on the other side of the connection. Ive never done used bitwise operators with c# (i have with C++), and I'm not sure what I should be looking for. I know I could convert it to ASCII and send it, but I'm trying to stay purely with byte arrays. Thanks.

I think you're looking for the BitConverter class. It has a GetBytes method for converting from a long (Int64) to a byte array and a ToInt64 method to convert back.

Exactly, thanks!