Assuming (and understand I know absolutely nothing/ nada / less then nada about Phost) for a moment I knew the PHost-1234 of a machine, how do I get it to say anything to me (the server)? What I mean is I know the address, what do I tell the machine at that address to get it to say 'hello' back to me? Also what port(s) does Phost live on?
John Warner > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Osucha > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 9:12 AM > To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Network Search > > > John, > > I have control over PHost so I can certainly set it to > whatever. Normally, PHost gets its IP Address from the DHCP > server on the network. > > Currently, I physically find the specific machine on the > network (I name them all PHost-XXXX where XXXX is a unique > number). Then I tell ICS to connect to that machine over a socket. > > I'd like to get around the 'physically find' step above by > broadcasting (I guess that's the term) and listening for > machines running PHost to tell me they are active and on the > network. This also appears to be something that SQL server > Management Studio (or EM) does. Once I found the machines > running PHost, I could then connect to them as I currently do > by opening up a socket on a specific port). > > Peter > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Warner > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:55 AM > To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Network Search > Importance: Low > > 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 DevelopMentorR http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com > =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
