Hello Monks! I'm in need of some assistance with a socket server setup that I haven't been able to really get a lot of help with since I started. I've had previous code before but none of it really did the job so instead I'd like to give a specifications list to see what kind of ideas are out there that perhaps I haven't thought of yet.

Requirements:

• The connection is a TCP socket connection
• PC1 connects on port 8000
• PC2 listens on port 8010
• Haven't been able to find a solution like it, but would ideally like both client and server in same file.
• Asynchronous communication (see Table 1 below)
• PC1 and PC2 always need to be listening for messages from the other
• PC1 represents the logic I have to create
• PC2 represents a fully functioning server that has already been created (I have to create the PC1 to communicate correctly with pre-determined messages and message formats)
• The trickiest part I've run into is with the RESP and STAT messages because of the connection needing to be closed after the RESP is sent from PC2, listen for a STAT from PC2, then reply

Table 1


PC1      PC2
---      ---
ADD  -->
     <-- RESP (handshake)

     # STAT messages are sent arbitrarily

     <-- STAT (status message)
RESP -->
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Any assistance or guidance on this would be very much welcomed and even more appreciated!

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