networking comfirmation

Hey guys, i need some comfirmation about networking programming.
I learnt win32 api programming and i think im comfortable enuf to move on to someting advanced, i wish to try out Networking now.
I have a web server which im working on with right, uses PHP scripting and mySQL server database.
Can i write a program to connect to my server and retrieve information / insert new database things ?
Can i write a program to connect to my robot ? i know this sounds funny but im learning robotic and maybe i could connect to my bot and get information about what he is looking ( via the cam u know ) or get the temperature blah blah
Is this what networking is all about, what other uses can i do for networking?

Most definitely!

I highly recommend Network Programming for Microsoft Windows, Second Edition by Anthony Jones and Jim Ohmund.

Check out these websites.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de.../ntwrkprot.asp

http://www.tangentsoft.net/wskfaq/

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