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Expand Up @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ A basic example of a TCP client/server network using Python's socket and threadi

### Running
* Download the `server.py` and `client.py` python files for Python 3.
* Run `server.py`. You will be prompted for a host and port for the server. If you are going to run the client on the same computer or local network as the server, use `localhost` as the host name. If you are going to run the client on a different network, use the computer's local IP address (the IP address that resembles [one of these](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserved_IP_addresses)). The port can be any 16 bit number (lower than 65535), but must be forwarded on your router if the client will be on a different network.
* Run `client.py`. If the server is running on the same computer, use `localhost` as the host. If the server is running on a different computer, but the same local network, use the local IP address of the computer that the server is running on. If the server is running on a different network, use the external IP address of the network that the server is running under (google [what is my ip](https://www.google.com/search?q=what%20is%20my%20ip)).
* Run `server.py`. The host will be found automatically. You will be prompted for the port for the server. If you are going to run the client on a different network, use the computer's local IP address (the IP address that resembles [one of these](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserved_IP_addresses)). The port can be any 16 bit number (lower than 65535), but must be forwarded on your router if the client will be on a different network.
* Run `client.py`. If the server is running on a different computer, but the same local network, use the local IP address of the computer that the server is running on. If the server is running on a different network, use the external IP address of the network that the server is running under (google [what is my ip](https://www.google.com/search?q=what%20is%20my%20ip)).

### Usage
The client should successfully connect to the server. Each time the server accepts a new connection, it will print the connection information to the server console. When the server receives a message from any of the clients, it will print the message to the server console and bounce the messsage to all other clients (not the client that sent it).
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