Do you 'understand' the protocol used by PHost? What I mean is the normal broadcast address is xxx.xxx.255.255 (ex 192.168.1.255), would Phost recognize properly formatted packets sent this way? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_address )
John Warner > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Osucha > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:43 AM > To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM > Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Network Search > > > Hello, > > I've got machines on a network that are running a program > (called PHost). I've got a client application (called ICS) > that can connect to machines running PHost to retrieve data. > I would like to setup a system (perhaps similar to PC > Anywhere) in which ICS can send out a broadcast over a > network looking for machines running PHost and they would > respond so ICS wouldn't have to know the IP address of > machines running PHost up front. > > There is undoubtedly lots of info on doing such things on the > Internet - I am apparently not choosing my search terms very > well. What is such a system called so I can get better > search results and possible code examples, please? > > Sincerely, > Peter > > > =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
