Examples for Winsock?

Question

What do you guys recommend for a resource for winsock?

I have an assignment that we have only have a few days to do that needs to send a simple packet using UDP (and receive the same type of packet).

I am fairly familiar with C# sockets but nothing with C++.

Any tips or resources?

MSDN. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms740673%28VS.85%29.aspx — vpram86, Mar 08 '10 at 05:00
Just a note about TCP/UDP: TCP packets are "guaranteed" to be delivered, UDP are not (they favor speed over reliability and may even arrive out-of-order.) So *expect* this and handle it appropriately for best results. — rdtsc, Feb 01 '17 at 12:48

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 08 '15 at 02:12

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Some are as follows:

edited Feb 08 '15 at 02:12

Awsom3D

answered Mar 08 '10 at 05:05

Kyle Rosendo

oli_arborum · Answer 2 · 2010-03-08T15:22:33.173

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Besides the MSDN resource "Getting Started with Winsock" mentioned already I would recommend the "Winsock Programmer's FAQ" on tangentsoft.net.

edited Mar 08 '10 at 15:22

answered Mar 08 '10 at 09:33

oli_arborum

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 08 '10 at 08:30

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You need UDP, so use

APIs (Windows).

answered Mar 08 '10 at 08:30

Poni

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 08 '10 at 05:11

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answered Mar 08 '10 at 05:11

Remus Rusanu

Len Holgate · Answer 5 · 2010-10-04T10:44:57.797

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Possibly more advanced than you need right now but...

I have a series of (rather old) articles on writing scalable servers using Winsock and IO Completion Ports and a free framework of code.

The code and links to the articles are available here.

edited Oct 04 '10 at 10:44

answered Mar 08 '10 at 07:44

Len Holgate

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