quote:Original post by Fratt
is there any same protocol for windows and linux ?
i''ve seen that winsock.h is fairly the same as socket.h for linux.

so you agree with that ?

Yes. Berkeley sockets will work in almost the same way on both Linux and Windows. There are a few minor differences (e.g. close() versus closesocket()), but overall, you can write reasonably portable code with sockets.

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how do you do that ? do you use thread for posting your socket sending and receiving ?

You can use threads if you want. You can also use non-blocking or asynchronous sockets.

I would recommend having a look at this site, as it has a fair bit of detailed information on socket programming.