Socket Programming for multiple client and single server

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hi!! i need to create a client server based software (desktop)...

there would be multiple client with different ipaddress but same port number...

eg-

client A has ip:172.21.5.2 with port number:5555
client B has ip:172.21.5.3 with port number:5555
client C has ip:172.21.5.4 with port number:5555
client D has ip:172.21.5.5 with port number:5555

and

server has ipddress:172.21.5.1 with port number:5555

now i need to create a communicate link between client A,B,C and D with the server...

could someone please help me...

Thanks in Advance...

Posted 11-Mar-13 5:43am

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ZurdoDev 11-Mar-13 11:53am

What part do you need help with?

Member 7849477 11-Mar-13 12:22pm

thanks for the reply..

i need simple example to connect a single server with multiple clients... :)

ZurdoDev 11-Mar-13 12:23pm

There may be articles on this site, I would search them. I would also search google for examples and then if you get stuck on something specific, come ask here.

Member 7849477 11-Mar-13 12:26pm

k..
could you give me the steps required for creating a client/server communication..

ZurdoDev 11-Mar-13 12:28pm

There are a lot of steps, more than I can go into here. You need some sort of socket control, decided on which protocol to use, then define how your messages will be formatted, get some sort of UI, decide if you want a server or if it will be peer-to-peer, etc.

Member 7849477 11-Mar-13 12:32pm

thanks
also, is it possible to commmunicate with multiple client with different ipaddress but same port number...

ZurdoDev 11-Mar-13 12:50pm

Sure, I wrote a chat application years ago in VB6 using the winsock control. You can broadcast out to multiple IPs.

Richard MacCutchan 11-Mar-13 12:19pm

Google for "sockets C++" and you will find many samples.

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2013-03-11T07:19:00

Solution 1

For some very basic ideas, please see my past answers:
Multple clients from same port Number[^],
an amateur question in socket programming[^].

—SA

Posted 11-Mar-13 7:19am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov