Network Programming Links

Network Programming References

UNIX network programming and the Socket API

• [comp.unix.programmer] Unix-socket-faq for network programming
• An Introduction to Socket Programming
• Beej's Guide to Network Programming
• Jon Snader's Home Page - author of Effective TCP/IP Programming links for TCP/IP programming
• Spencer's Socket Site Network Programming with Sockets
• UNIX Socket FAQ Forum for UNIX network programming
• UNIX Network Programming Volume 1 Handbook of network probramming
• UNIX Network Programming Volume 1 Notes and source for Linux
• W. Richard Steven’s Home Page - author of the best books on network programming

Windows Socket APIs (Microsoft’s version of sockets is called Winsock)

• Johnnie's Winsock Tutorial
• MSDN Porting Socket Applications to Winsock
• MSDN Windows Sockets 2 - backward compatible with with 1.1, support for more protocols.
• MSDN Windows Sockets in MFC
• The Winsock Programmer's FAQ
• Windows Sockets A Quick And Dirty Primer
• WinSock Development Information
• Winsock Programmer's FAQ

High-Speed Networking

• 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance - dissolved in August 2003 to support IEEE 802.3 10 GigE
• A User's Guide to TCP Windows
• Enabling High Performance Data Transfers
• NLANR ES Network Based TCP Tuning
• SACK TCP

Network Analysis Tools

• NLANR Network Performance and Measurement Tools
• TCPDUMP public repository
• The Ethereal Network Analyzer

Networking Standards

• LMSC, LAN-MAN Standards Committee (Project 802) - IEEE Ethernet standards free to download
• IETF Home Page - internet standard body
• IANA Home Page - get your internet numbers here

Misc

• lwIP - A Lightweight TCP-IP Stack

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