Windows Sockets

About Servers and Clients

There are two distinct types of socket network applications: Server and Client. Servers and Clients have different behaviors; therefore, the process of creating them is different. What follows is the general model for creating a streaming TCP/IP Server and Client.

Server

1. Initialize WSA.
2. Create a socket.
3. Bind the socket.
4. Listen on the socket.
5. Accept a connection.
6. Send and receive data.
7. Disconnect.

Client

1. Initialize WSA.
2. Create a socket.
3. Connect to the server.
4. Send and receive data.
5. Disconnect.