class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
bool sender = false;
if (args.Length > 0) sender = true;
if (sender)
{
try
{
Console.WriteLine("..:: Client ::..");
Socket sock = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.IP);
IPEndPoint ipe = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse("127.0.0.1"), 5000);
sock.Connect(ipe);
while (true)
{
string toSend = Console.ReadLine();
sock.Send(Encoding.UTF32.GetBytes(toSend));
Console.WriteLine("Sent.");
}
}
catch (SocketException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
else
{
try
{
Console.WriteLine("..:: Server ::..");
IPEndPoint ipe = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, 5000);
Socket sock = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.IP);
sock.Bind(ipe);
sock.Listen(4);
int nCount = 0;
while (true)
{
nCount++;
Socket newSock = sock.Accept();
if (!newSock.Connected) continue;
else
{
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];//Can pull from a central config file
if (newSock.Receive(buffer) > 0) { Console.WriteLine("Received:"); Console.WriteLine(Encoding.UTF32.GetString(buffer)); }
newSock.Close();
}
}
}
catch (SocketException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
Usually, almost always, you send the number of bytes before sending the actual text, so that the other side would know how much data to expect.
Happy coding!