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Computer-Networks-UDP-Program-Tips
UDP-Client
Include Statements
UDP-Client: Basic Algorithm for remembering
UDP-Client: Steps in more detail
1. Create the socket
2. Setup Server address struct
3. Loop
3.1 Read input and send message to server
3.2 Receive message from server and display message

4. Close the socket


UDP-Server: Basic Algorithm for remembering
UDP-Server: Steps in more detail
1. Create the socket
2. Server address struct
3. Bind the socket
Bind
4. Loop
4.1 Receive data from client and print the message
4.2 Read input and send message to client
5. Close server socket
UDP-Client
Include Statements

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>

UDP-Client: Basic Algorithm for remembering


1. Create the socket
2. Setup the server address struct
3. Loop
1. Read input and Send message to server
2. Receive message server and display message
3. Logic to end the loop
4. Close the socket

UDP-Client: Steps in more detail


1. Create the socket

lfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); // SOCK_DGRAM indicates that its UDP

Here AF_INET is the address_family


SOCK_DGRAM is the socket type (SOCK_DGRAM Indicates its UDP)
Protocol is 0

2. Setup Server address struct


struct sockaddr_in server;
server.sin_family = AF_INET; // IPv4
server.sin_port = 2000; // Port number
server.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr("127.0.0.1"); // IP address

3. Loop

3.1 Read input and send message to server

n = sizeof server; // Get the size of the server address structure


gets(sBuf); // Get user input
sendto(lfd, sBuf, sizeof sBuf, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&server, n); // Send
data to the server

sendto sends data to a server using the previously created UDP socket
sendto has the following parameters
lfd : This is the file descriptor of the socke

Buffer
Length of Buffer
Flags
Set as 0
(struct sockaddr *)&server : This argument specifies the address of the server
you want to send data to. It's a pointer to a struct sockaddr which is a generic
socket address structure.
n
size of server struct

3.2 Receive message from server and display message

recvfrom(lfd, rBuf, sizeof rBuf, 0, (struct sockaddr*)&server, &n); //


Receive data from the server
printf("\nServer:%s", rBuf);

Parameters used
First 5 parameters are similar
&n : This is a pointer to an integer variable.

The recvfrom function will store the number of bytes actually received from the
server in this memory location pointed to by &n . This allows you to know how
much data you received successfully.

4. Close the socket

close(lfd);

UDP-Server: Basic Algorithm for remembering


1. Create the socket
2. Setup the server address struct
3. Bind the socket
4. Loop
1. Receive data from client and print the message
2. Read input and send message to client
3. Logic to end the loop
5. Close server socket

UDP-Server: Steps in more detail


1. Create the socket

lfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); // Create a socket (UDP)

2. Server address struct

server.sin_family = AF_INET; // IPv4


server.sin_port = 2001; // Port number
server.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr("127.0.0.1"); // IP address
3. Bind the socket

bind(lfd, (struct sockaddr *)&server, sizeof server); // Bind the socket to


the server address

Bind

The bind function is used to associate a socket with a specific local IP address and port
number.
The parameters used are
sockfd
The file descriptor of the socket to be bound. In your example, this is lfd ,
which is the listening file descriptor.
addr (const struct sockaddr *):
A pointer to a struct sockaddr that contains the address to bind to the socket.
addrlen (socklen_t):
The size of the address structure. In your example, this is sizeof(server) ,
which is the size of the struct sockaddr_in structure.

4. Loop

4.1 Receive data from client and print the message

recvfrom(lfd, rBuf, sizeof rBuf, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&client, &n); //


Receive data from the client
printf("\nClient:%s", rBuf); // Print the received data

The recvfrom function is a function for receiving data on a socket in network


programming, specifically for connectionless protocols like UDP.
The recvfrom function is used to receive data from a connected socket. It reads data
from the socket into a buffer
Parameters used
sockfd
The file descriptor of the connected socket from which to receive data. In this
example, this is confd , which represents the new socket file descriptor created
by the accept function for the specific client connection.
Buffer
buffer where the received data will be stored.
Size of buffer
Flags
(struct sockaddr *)&server : This argument specifies the address of the server
you want to send data to. It's a pointer to a struct sockaddr which is a generic
socket address structure.
&n : This is a pointer to an integer variable.

The recvfrom function will store the number of bytes actually received from the
server in this memory location pointed to by &n . This allows you to know how
much data you received successfully.\

4.2 Read input and send message to client

gets(sBuf); // Get server input


sendto(lfd, sBuf, sizeof sBuf, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&client, n); // Send
data to the client

sendto sends data to a server using the previously created UDP socket
sendto has the following parameters
lfd : This is the file descriptor of the socke

Buffer
Length of Buffer
Flags
Set as 0
(struct sockaddr *)&server : This argument specifies the address of the server
you want to send data to. It's a pointer to a struct sockaddr which is a generic
socket address structure.
n
size of server struct

5. Close server socket


close(lfd); // Close the socket

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