Socket Programming in C

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To compile :

• linux : gcc -Wall -o foo foo.c
• solaris : gcc -Wall -o foo foo.c -lsocket -lnsl

1. UDP

• UDP server : simple UDP server that prints received messages.
  source : udpServer.c
  usage : ./udpServer
• UDP client : simple UDP client that sends data to server.
  source : udpClient.c
  usage : ./udpClient server data1 ... dataN

2. TCP

• TCP server : simple TCP server that prints received messages.
  source : tcpServer.c
  usage : ./tcpServer
• TCP client : simple TCP client that sends data to server.
  source : tcpClient.c
  usage : ./tcpClient server data1 ... dataN

3. IP multicast

• multicast server : simple multicast server that prints received messages.
  source : mcastServer.c
  usage : ./mcastServer multicast_group
• multicast client : simple multicast client that sends data on multicast group.
  source : mcastClient.c
  usage : ./mcastClient multicast_group data1 ... dataN

4. Miscellaneous

• MAC address finder : programs that uses a ioctl() call to find out a MAC address in the arp cache. (same function as arp -a)
  source : getMAC.c
  OS tested : linux 2
  usage : ./getMAC interface_IP_address

5. Books

Looking for good books ? Here are the Bibles you can purchase at amazon.com :

• THE book about Unix network programming: UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1 by Stevens.
• THE book you want to have if you code in C: The C Programming Language by Kernighan and Ritchie.
• Complete, easy, the Unix programming bible: Advanced Programming in the UNIX(TM) Environment

More socket programming books here.

6. Links

pont.net -> socket programming in Java : simple examples

7. Contact

fred at pont.net

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