TCPIP Client/Listener for undetermined server address

[Bob Harrison]

I will be distributing an application that works with our
security panel. The application can be loaded on several
workstations in a network but only one workstation
actually communicates via serial port or tcpip with the
security panel. I modified the client chat sample that
you have in your .net tcpip samples so that I can send
info back and forth between the main (polling)
workstation and any other workstations. The info is not
keyed by users but emanates from communication with the
panel.

The problem I found is this; the sample works if you know
the tcpip address or workstation name of the server as it
is used in the following line of code

client = New TcpClient("PE300", PORT_NUM)

In this case PE300 is the workstation name of the server
side.

Is there a way to dynamically find out the names or tcpip
addresses of workstations listening on a known port
number. This is needed because I have no way to know the
names or tcpip addresses of our clients' computers on the
network. Thanks.

[Glenn Wilson]

You could have a function in the server that would poll
or do a port scan on the port required. Collect a list of
workstations from the active directory and run the
function.

-----Original Message-----
I will be distributing an application that works with oursecurity panel. The application can be loaded on several
workstations in a network but only one workstation
actually communicates via serial port or tcpip with the
security panel. I modified the client chat sample that
you have in your .net tcpip samples so that I can send
info back and forth between the main (polling)
workstation and any other workstations. The info is not
keyed by users but emanates from communication with the
panel.

The problem I found is this; the sample works if you knowthe tcpip address or workstation name of the server as itis used in the following line of code

client = New TcpClient("PE300", PORT_NUM)

In this case PE300 is the workstation name of the server
side.

Is there a way to dynamically find out the names or tcpipaddresses of workstations listening on a known port
number. This is needed because I have no way to know the
names or tcpip addresses of our clients' computers on thenetwork. Thanks.
.

[Bob Harrison]

The problem is not on the server side but the client
side. The client workstations must know the wktsn server
address or name.

-----Original Message-----
You could have a function in the server that would poll
or do a port scan on the port required. Collect a list ofworkstations from the active directory and run the
function.

-----Original Message-----
I will be distributing an application that works with

our

security panel. The application can be loaded on severalworkstations in a network but only one workstation
actually communicates via serial port or tcpip with the
security panel. I modified the client chat sample that
you have in your .net tcpip samples so that I can send
info back and forth between the main (polling)
workstation and any other workstations. The info is not
keyed by users but emanates from communication with the
panel.

The problem I found is this; the sample works if you

know

the tcpip address or workstation name of the server as

it

is used in the following line of code

client = New TcpClient("PE300", PORT_NUM)

In this case PE300 is the workstation name of the serverside.

Is there a way to dynamically find out the names or

tcpip

addresses of workstations listening on a known port
number. This is needed because I have no way to know thenames or tcpip addresses of our clients' computers on

the

network. Thanks.
.

.

[Tian Min Huang]

Hi Bob,

I suggest that you can use UDP to broadcast the server's name/ip
periodically when the server is listening on a port. Please refer to the
MSDN article on "Using UDP Services" at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/cpguide/htm
l/cpconusingudpservices.asp

Hope this helps.

Regards,

HuangTM
Microsoft Online Partner Support
MCSE/MCSD

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