Re: Need some brilliant ideas: making a LAN chat program

From: Bob O`Bob (filterbob_at_yahoogroups.com)
Date: 02/08/04 

Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 10:37:36 -0800

Faraz Azhar wrote:

> Another thing. None of the computers are always online. So i'll handle
> that situation, no problem. I wanted to know, how to other programs
> (chat programs, LAN games) check the complete network for correct
> servers within 2 seconds? How do they do it ?

Server host names, and DNS lookups.
Trivial.

        Bob 

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