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Help => Network => Topic started by: BlockyNewt on September 02, 2020, 01:01:20 pm

Title: Help clarify
Post by: BlockyNewt on September 02, 2020, 01:01:20 pm

I've started messing around with networking recently and had a few questions that I would like some clearing up on after looking around and finding multiple answers. The questions will revolve around server to multiple client connections.
 

• Checking if the client is still connected.
  
  Would it be best to use receive() until It doesn't take anything? I tried using socket.getRemoteAddress() != sf::IpAddress::None, but It didn't seem to do anything.
  
  
• Threading the receive().
  
  -Never really worked with threading, but I'm curious as to how I can get receive() to work with send() simultaneously. Right now for me, I have to send() then wait for a receive() before I can send again.
  
  
• Selecting different sockets from the client to message.
  
  First off, how would I even get the other socket values from the server to client? Should I put every socket accepted on the server into a vector or a list? But then back to my first question, how do I get the values of other sockets to my client? Should I just use receive() and store them into another container on the client? And if I want to send a message directly to another client, should I create another socket to an open port on the server and connect the two clients to it? 
  

   
If my questions have already been answered elsewhere then a link would be much appreciated. I'm sorry, but these are just questions I couldn't really find a clear answer to.

Thanks a bunch in advance.