in reply to Socket programming with 1 server-Multiple client.
# If you want to accept connections from any network interface server: LocalPort=>9000, Listen=>SOMAXCONN # If you want to only accept connections from the local machine server: LocalHost=>'localhost', LocalPort=>9000, Listen=>SOMAXCONN client1: PeerAddress=>'server', PeerPort=>9000 client2: PeerAddress=>'server', PeerPort=>9000
Update: Oops, I thought you were asking about PeerPort. The PeerAddress is the DNS name or IP address of the server. The IP address can be obtained from /sbin/ifconfig on linux.
$ /sbin/ifconfig eth1 Link encap:Ethernet ... # For an Ethernet adapter inet addr:192.168.3.58 ... # Its IP address ... lo Link encap:Local Loopback # For machine to contact itself inet addr:127.0.0.1 # Its IP address ...
Note that 192.168.* is reserved for private networks, which means my machine isn't really on the internet. A NAT gateway links us up. If you want to run a server behind a NAT gateway, outside connectors must connect to the gateway's external address, and the gateway must be setup to forward those connections to your server's machine.
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