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HELLO FOLKS,
  Iam trying to learn bsd socket programing.Iam working in my pc with
mandrake linux installed.I have written a clt and server prg for UDP.I
manully bind addresses for them when i execute these prgs in diff
virtual terminals for client or server  i get a message address in
use(I can execute ony one of those  progs).is there any way to
simulate and work these prgs in a pc.pl help me.
                   regards
                    Yogesh

You only need to use the same port for the client and server if you are using
broadcast or maybe multicast. Otherwise, the clients should use a system
assigned port by binding to port 0;

If you really need to use the same port, then set the SO_REUSEADDR socket option
before you bind to the port. Do this on your client and server code.

--
Phil Frisbie, Jr.
Hawk Software
http://www.hawksoft.com

Dear Phil,
         Thanks a lot for ur suggestion.I made the client use a system
assigned port
I also added some dummy IP addresses to be assigned for the clien in
the file etc/hosts and assigned these addresses to
clients
Now it works like a network
Could you please tell why this started working  what i did was a blind
guess
Thankx
yogeshwar.S