hi,
need some help on network programming. i'm new to network programming.
i need to make a program that sends a signal/message to every other hosts in the same network that also run the same program. it's not a request, so it doesn't need a reply. this seems not to be a client/server communication
from what i've read, i found out that .NET supports remoting (i haven't gone deep into the programming techniques though) and also i can send broadcast packets by using the broadcast address of the network as the packet destination.
so, i think that i can make the program to listen to a certain port as it is started. and when the event to send the message is triggered, i will send the message to the broadcast address of the network. then i can just handle the message without having to reply.
i wonder if this is possible since i'm new to network programming.
any recommendation is appreciated.
Thank you.
need some help on network programming. i'm new to network programming.
i need to make a program that sends a signal/message to every other hosts in the same network that also run the same program. it's not a request, so it doesn't need a reply. this seems not to be a client/server communication
from what i've read, i found out that .NET supports remoting (i haven't gone deep into the programming techniques though) and also i can send broadcast packets by using the broadcast address of the network as the packet destination.
so, i think that i can make the program to listen to a certain port as it is started. and when the event to send the message is triggered, i will send the message to the broadcast address of the network. then i can just handle the message without having to reply.
i wonder if this is possible since i'm new to network programming.
any recommendation is appreciated.
Thank you.