Computer_Networks

This repo contains code snippets for socket programming in C done as part of Computer Networks labs (CS F303)

Requirements

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04 or above

Steps to execute (on Ubuntu 20.04)

• Suppose the files are client.c and server.c, follow the below steps:
  • Step 1: Get your system IP by the following command: For Ubuntu on WSL:

  hostname -I
  

  • Step 2: Put this value in the variable named server_ip in client.c
  • Step 3: Compile both the files using:

    gcc -o client client.c
    gcc -o server server.c
    

  • Step 4: Open two terminals (one for server and one for client). In the first one run server as:

  ./server
  

  On the other one run client as:

  ./client
  

  and follow the prompts