XmlReaderSettings specifies a set of features to support on the XmlReader object created by the Create method.
Imports System
Imports System.Xml
Public Class Sample
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim resolver As New XmlUrlResolver()
Dim myCred As System.Net.NetworkCredential
myCred = New System.Net.NetworkCredential("userName", "password", "yourDomain.com")
resolver.Credentials = myCred
Dim settings As New XmlReaderSettings()
settings.XmlResolver = resolver
Dim reader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create("http://serverName/data/books.xml", settings)
End Sub
End Class