Networking info

[dearvivekkumar]

Hi,
I know c and c++ programming language. I wants to study about networking and networking programming. I need some advice from where to start and what at-least i should know about networking.
And guidance will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

[sohguanh]

In general all network or TCP/IP related I refer to W. Richard Stevens books.

Unix Network Programming. W. Richard Stevens; Prentice Hall; ISBN: 0-13-949876-1

If you want Windows network programming think need look for other books but the general idea is the same. You got a socket in Unix and something similar like say WSASocket aka WinSock API in Windows.

Edit: Refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms742212%28v=vs.85%29.aspx which give an example code program. You need to get used to the Hungarian notation though.

Or if you want cross-platform socket programming try Java Socket API. You just need to install different JVM for different OS and let your same code run on top and there you have it, your networking program run in cross-platform.