How to test Winsock Multiple Clients

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Hi all,

I have a client-server application, in which multiple clients connect to the server using Winsock. While testing, both server and client applications reside on the same machine (my development machine). I can connect one client at a time to the server using Loopback interface. How can I test multiple clients on the same machine (localhost)? I tried with multiple instances of client application, but because all clients connect from the same machine, the server is not able to identify new connections.

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Nejimon CR

Posted 12-Apr-10 6:28am

Nejimon CR

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Jimmanuel · Answer 1 · 2010-04-16T10:18:00

If the server identifies the clients only by IP Address then it won't be able to distinguish clients. If you have multiple instances of the client all running on one machine each one should be using a different port to connect to the server. If the server identifies clients by IP and Port then the server shouldn't have a problem.