Category: Unix Socket

Sockets are communication points on the same or different computers to exchange data. Sockets are supported by Unix, Windows, Mac, and many other operating systems. The tutorial provides a …

Sockets allow communication between two different processes on the same or different machines. To be more precise, it’s a way to talk to other computers using standard Unix file …

Before we proceed with the actual stuff, let us discuss a bit about the Network Addresses − the IP Address. The IP host address, or more commonly just IP …

Host names in terms of numbers are difficult to remember and hence they are termed by ordinary names such as Takshila or Nalanda. We write software applications to find …

Most of the Net Applications use the Client-Server architecture, which refers to two processes or two applications that communicate with each other to exchange some information. One of the …

Various structures are used in Unix Socket Programming to hold information about the address and port, and other information. Most socket functions require a pointer to a socket address …

Unfortunately, not all computers store the bytes that comprise a multibyte value in the same order. Consider a 16-bit internet that is made up of 2 bytes. There are …

Unix provides various function calls to help you manipulate IP addresses. These functions convert Internet addresses between ASCII strings (what humans prefer to use) and network byte ordered binary …

This chapter describes the core socket functions required to write a complete TCP client and server. The following diagram shows the complete Client and Server interaction −   The …

This chapter describes all the helper functions, which are used while doing socket programming. Other helper functions are described in the chapters −Ports and Services, and Network Byte Orders. The write Function …