need help regarding, making of a lan messenger that supports multicasting

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Hi, I am making a simple lan messenger in my course project that supports unicasting, multicasting. In that i must be able to send text messages, share pictures, etc. I also want to add people so that i can add them as friends.
i am a little confused and need to have an idea that from where to start?? Some where i have heard of socket programming. But dont know what exactly will be the first steps to cover what i am trying to make.
Kindly tell me the steps that i will be needed to accomplish this task. Kindly explain this in detail.
Regards.

Posted 6-Nov-12 6:01am

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-06T06:10:00

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Start with MSDN: the Socket class[^] includes a simpole example, but if you google for "C# network chat"[^] you will find many different approaches.

Posted 6-Nov-12 6:10am

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