Sockets in C++

Please I just want to know how to use and how to control the sockets??? I have no idea ....
Ill be so Pleased & grateful for any explanation!!!
and also if anyone knows a page in the web!!!
so thx in adv.
love,
abyssphobia

You'll get more answers on this in the Networking/Device Communication forum (just so you know for any future posts). A moderator will most likely move this post in a little bit.

http://www.google.com/search?num=50&...al&btnG=Search
there's a list of tons of sites you can check out

well what I usually do is build a wraper class around the C sockets....

something like

Code:

 
 
 
		class tcp
		{
 
		 private:
 
 
 
			 int sockfd;
			 struct sockaddr_in address;
			 char buffer[1000];
 
		 public:
			tcp(char *,int);
			int send(char*,int)
			int receive();
			~tcp();
 
 
		};
 
 
 
 
 
		tcp::tcp(char *ip,int port)
		{
 
		sockfd=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0);
		if(sockfd==-1)
{
//some error handling
		 return;
} 
 
		address.sin_family=AF_INET;
		address.sin_port=htons(port);
		address.sin_addr.s_addr=inet_addr(ip);
		memset(&(address.sin_zero),'\0',8);
		if((connect(sockfd,(struct sockaddr *)&address,sizeof(struct sockaddr)))==-1)
{
//some error handling
		 return;
}
 
		return;
		}
 
 
		tcp::~tcp()
		{
		 close(sockfd); 
		} 
 
	 int send(char *message,int length)
	{
 
return send(sockfd,message,length);
 
}			
 
int receive()
{
return receive(sockfd,buffer,1000);
}

Actually you can build an abstract class which can be used by your other classes and make it more elegant with the functionality needed....