Socket Programming In C++ (Windows)

Compare stream sockets and datagram sockets to show connection oriented TCP reliability versus connectionless UDP delivery in order, including TCP's 96 bit pseudo header and checksum.

Open a listener socket, bind to an IPv4 port, and enable multi-client handling with windsock, non-blocking options, and network byte order awareness.

declare and populate the file descriptor set with the listener socket and up to five client sockets, and prepare the maximum fd for the select system call.

Learn to use the select API in Windows to monitor listener and client sockets, wait for one second, and handle new connections or messages from existing clients.

Learn how to start communication with a new client in socket programming for windows by accepting connections, monitoring client sockets, receiving messages, and sending server acknowledgments in a multi-client setup.

Explore socket programming in windows with a multi-client server and its client code. See how the server accepts new connections, exchanges messages, and uses select to manage multiple clients.

Demonstrates a Windows C++ socket server that handles multiple clients, writes each client message to a log file, and a client loop sending fixed messages to test send and receive.

Learn to implement a UDP client in Windows by creating a datagram socket, using sendto and receivefrom, handling errors, and exchanging messages with a server over a chosen port.

Learn to use gethostname and gethostbyname in Windows sockets to retrieve the local host name and its IP address, using the hostent structure and startup.