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Pikky86 7-May-12 3:43am View

Yes, you're right. It works when I leave it on my own computer, with the IP at 127.0.0.1, or with the IP of my cell phone's wireless tether, but as soon as I put it on a second computer it won't connect to the server. I tried port forwarding once but I couldn't get it to work, but I'll try it again as you suggested.

Pikky86 7-May-12 1:13am View

I am able to ping my own external IP though, but if I set the client to try and connect to that IP address, it'll never connect. The only time I've got a connection is when I used 127.0.0.1 to my own machine.

Pikky86 7-May-12 1:11am View

I think it's relevant, and that's a good idea.
Today I used wireless tethering through my laptop and ran the server, and when I did that it let me connect to itself (I connected on my laptop to the server, then ran the client on the same laptop on the same network); but when I tried another computer to my server (now no longer under my house's firewall) it didn't go through. I'm guessing that the other computer I tried must've been blocking it as well (seems many computers block IP these days), so I'll try a couple more different computers and see if I can't make it work.

Pikky86 5-May-12 17:10pm View

Oh thanks again. That helps.

Pikky86 5-May-12 15:55pm View

Oh, if it's a firewall, then that's something I think I can handle without any programming. I'll also look up external IP and see if it's something I can do too. I didn't think to look up the meaning of that error, I just assumed it was some problem with the port (is the port ok at 1101 by the way?). Thanks a lot for helping with that.

Pikky86 5-May-12 15:31pm View

Oh sorry I misunderstood. The error I get for
[CODE]
if( connect( hsock, (struct sockaddr*)&my_addr, sizeof(my_addr)) == SOCKET_ERROR ){
fprintf(stderr, "*Error connecting* (Socket %d)\n", WSAGetLastError());
[/CODE]

is '10061'

Pikky86 5-May-12 14:43pm View

There is no error code since it compiles fine. The only error is that it won't connect to the server when I actually try using the client.

Pikky86 24-Apr-12 23:15pm View

Thanks for quoting Star Trek. I didn't think I could do it, but now I'm confident that anything is possible :D I finally got a basic server/client working thanks to Mohibur and I'm gonna start working with that.

Pikky86 24-Apr-12 21:54pm View

Thank you so much!!! Ah, it was so simple! But I couldn't get it to work before at all. Now it compiles right away~

Pikky86 24-Apr-12 16:23pm View

I went ahead and updated my question, though I'm not sure if it'll be much help...

Pikky86 24-Apr-12 3:07am View

I'd agree that C++ isn't a simple language. The reason I'm using it is because it's the only language I'm semi-familiar with, but I'm sure .NET would take less time to do what I'm trying to do.

Pikky86 24-Apr-12 2:34am View

Thx, I'll try it again with SFML (as before) and another new tutorial I found as well and update the question tomorrow with the errors I'm getting in the compiler.

Pikky86 24-Apr-12 2:18am View

Yes, I've tried it. I've actually downloaded several pre-made .cpp files from various tutorials for making a server and a client, but couldn't get a single one of them to compile successfully - it just made me feel even stupider. I'm not sure if it's been header issues or what, but I've been much luckier with other things than networking.

Pikky86 24-Apr-12 2:01am View

Yeah, I still didn't find a way out. All the beginner lessons I found in networking are waaay over my head. I'm only experienced in basic console programming.

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