I found this great code on MSDN for a UDP Client/Server connection, however the client can only send to the server, it cant reply back. How can I make this so the server can respond to the client that send the message. The Server
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
namespace UDP_Server
{
class Program
{
private const int listenPort = 11000;
private static void StartListener()
{
bool done = false;
UdpClient listener = new UdpClient(listenPort);
IPEndPoint groupEP = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, listenPort);
try
{
while (!done)
{
Console.WriteLine("Waiting for broadcast");
byte[] bytes = listener.Receive(ref groupEP);
Console.WriteLine("Received broadcast from {0} :\n {1}\n",groupEP.ToString(), Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes, 0, bytes.Length));
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
finally
{
listener.Close();
}
}
public static int Main()
{
StartListener();
return 0;
}
}
}
And the client
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
namespace UDP_Client
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Send("TEST STRING");
Console.Read();
}
static void Send(string Message)
{
Socket s = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp);
IPAddress broadcast = IPAddress.Parse("10.1.10.117");
byte[] sendbuf = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(Message);
IPEndPoint ep = new IPEndPoint(broadcast, 11000);
s.SendTo(sendbuf, ep);
}
}
}
Just do it the other way round. Call StartListener
on the client and it can receive udp data like a server.
On your server just send data with the clients code.
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