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can receive broadcast messages

I am trying to write code the receives broadcast messages coming from another app. using wireShark, I can see that they are sent to 255.255.255.255:300.
I tried the following code:
IPEndPoint ServerEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, 3000);
Socket WinSocket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp);
WinSocket.Bind(ServerEndPoint);
byte[] data = new byte[10];
Console.Write("Waiting for client");
IPEndPoint sender = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, 0);
EndPoint Remote = (EndPoint)(sender);
int recv = WinSocket.ReceiveFrom(data, ref Remote);
Console.WriteLine("Message received from {0}:", Remote.ToString());
string str = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(data, 0, recv);
but when my app reached to the "bind" command there is an error message:
"Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted"
if I change the port there is no error but I catch nothing.
Please advice

Tcp Socket server in C#

I have found this piece of code on the internet: it does not open a server listening on port 11000, as I hoped.
What can be the problem? I normally code in Delphi, so I am little lost. I have made a corresponding client in Delphi, which works.
I am using demo version of C# 2015.
public static void StartListening()
{
// Data buffer for incoming data.
byte[] bytes = new Byte[1024];
// Establish the local endpoint for the socket.
// Dns.GetHostName returns the name of the
// host running the application.
IPHostEntry ipHostInfo = Dns.Resolve(Dns.GetHostName());
IPAddress ipAddress = ipHostInfo.AddressList[0];
IPEndPoint localEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(ipAddress, 11000);
// Create a TCP/IP socket.
Socket listener = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork,
SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
// Bind the socket to the local endpoint and
// listen for incoming connections.
try
{
listener.Bind(localEndPoint);
listener.Listen(10);
// Start listening for connections.
while (true)
{
//Console.WriteLine("Waiting for a connection...");
// Program is suspended while waiting for an incoming connection.
Socket handler = listener.Accept();
data = null;
// An incoming connection needs to be processed.
while (true)
{
bytes = new byte[1024];
int bytesRec = handler.Receive(bytes);
data += Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes, 0, bytesRec);
if (data.IndexOf("#") > -1)
{
break;
}
}
// Show the data on the console.
//Console.WriteLine("Text received : {0}", data);
// Echo the data back to the client.
byte[] msg = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(data);
handler.Send(msg);
handler.Shutdown(SocketShutdown.Both);
handler.Close();
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
//Console.WriteLine("\nPress ENTER to continue...");
//Console.Read();
}

The problem might be here: Whats the IP address of ipHostInfo.AddressList[0] ? It might be the loop-back. I never restrict my server endpoint to an ip-adress unless I need to, but then I will specify it in a configfile.
IPEndPoint localEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, 11000);

As per Jeroen's answer, encountered per .NET's Synchronous Server Socket Example. When listening/connecting to localhost, one should rather use
IPAddress ipAddress = IPAddress.Parse("127.0.0.1");
instead of
// Establish the local endpoint for the socket.
// Dns.GetHostName returns the name of the
// host running the application.
IPHostEntry ipHostInfo = Dns.GetHostEntry(Dns.GetHostName());
IPAddress ipAddress = ipHostInfo.AddressList[0];

Thanks for feedback. I found som other, older code:
TcpListener serverSocket = new TcpListener(11000);
that does the job. I know it is depreciated, but it works, actually.

Broadcasting and receiving messages with UdpClient

I'm playing around with broadcasting and receiving UDP messages.
I have a client and a server that work ok in my machine, but that can't connect across machines.
My server sends messages and my client receives them.
I turned of the firewall on both machines, that can't be the problem.
The server looks like:
var udpclient = new UdpClient();
IPAddress multicastAddress = IPAddress.Parse("239.0.0.222");
udpclient.JoinMulticastGroup(multicastAddress);
var endPoint = new IPEndPoint(multicastAddress, 2222);
while(true)
{
Byte[] buffer = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(Dns.GetHostName());
udpclient.Send(buffer, buffer.Length, endPoint);
Console.WriteLine("Broadcasting server hostname: {0}", Dns.GetHostName());
Thread.Sleep(3000);
}
And the client looks like:
var client = new UdpClient { ExclusiveAddressUse = false };
var ipEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, 2222);
client.Client.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Socket, SocketOptionName.ReuseAddress, true);
client.ExclusiveAddressUse = false;
client.Client.Bind(ipEndPoint);
IPAddress multicastaddress = IPAddress.Parse("239.0.0.222");
client.JoinMulticastGroup(multicastaddress);
Byte[] data = client.Receive(ref ipEndPoint);
string strData = Encoding.Unicode.GetString(data);
Console.WriteLine("Received hostname {0} from the server", strData);
Console.WriteLine("I'm done. Press any key to close me.");
Console.ReadLine();
I think the problem is not in the code, but network related.
Any ideas on how to check what's the problem? Thank you in advance

Try connecting them to a same network such as a wifi network.Note: every time you connect to a different network the IP address changes.

UDP client in C#

Am trying to make a simple UDP application using C sharp,nothing sophisticated,connect,send some text,and receive it! but it keeps throwing this exception!
"An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host"!
The code :
byte[] data = new byte[1024];
IPEndPoint ipep = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse("127.0.0.1"), 9050);
Socket server = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp);
string welcome = "Hello, are you there?";
data = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(welcome);
server.SendTo(data, data.Length, SocketFlags.None, ipep);
IPEndPoint sender = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, 0);
EndPoint tmpRemote = (EndPoint)sender;
data = new byte[1024];
int recv = server.ReceiveFrom(data, ref tmpRemote);
Console.WriteLine("Message received from {0}:", tmpRemote.ToString());
Console.WriteLine(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(data, 0, recv));
Console.WriteLine("Stopping client");
server.Close();
thanks =)

You should tell the system that you are listening for UDP packets on port 9050 before you call Receive.
Add server.Bind(ipep); after Socket server = new Socket(...);

Have you tried checking that the IP address is valid and the port is not being used for something else?
Windows:
Start > Run > "cmd" > "ipconfig".

Try turning off your firewall software.

If you do not know the IP of the answering server, you better do:
recv = server.Receive(data);
Here is my suggetion to your code. You can use a do-while loop using a condition (in my example it is an infinite loop):
byte[] data = new byte[1024];
IPEndPoint ipep = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse("127.0.0.1"), 9050);
Socket server = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp);
string welcome = "Hello, are you there?";
data = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(welcome);
server.ReceiveTimeout = 10000; //1second timeout
int rslt = server.SendTo(data, data.Length, SocketFlags.None, ipep);
data = new byte[1024];
int recv = 0;
do
{
try
{
Console.WriteLine("Start time: " + DateTime.Now.ToString());
recv = server.Receive(data); //the code will be stoped hier untill the time out is passed
}
catch { }
} while (true); //carefoul! infinite loop!
Console.WriteLine(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(data, 0, recv));
Console.WriteLine("Stopping client");
server.Close();

udp can not receive any data

Here is my code
Socket sck = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp);
sck.Bind(new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, 0));
// Broadcast to find server
string msg = "Imlookingforaserver:" + udp_listen_port;
byte[] sendBytes4 = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(msg);
IPEndPoint groupEP = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse("255.255.255.255"), server_port);
sck.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Socket, SocketOptionName.Broadcast, 1);
sck.SendTo(sendBytes4, groupEP);
//Wait response from server
Socket sck2 = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp);
sck2.Bind(new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, udp_listen_port));
byte[] buffer = new byte[128];
EndPoint remoteEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, udp_listen_port);
sck2.ReceiveFrom(buffer, ref remoteEndPoint); //<<< I never pass this line
I use above code to try find a server. First I broadcast a message and then I wait for a response from the server.
A test I made with the server written in C++ and running in Windows Vista, client written in C# and run on the same machine with server.
Problem is: The server can receive message which client broadcast, but client can not receive anything from server.
I try to write a client with C++ and it work like a charm, I think my problem is in C# client.

I would start listening on that port before you broadcast. You're using UDP which is connectionless so you could be missing your packet.
Socket sck = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp);
sck.Bind(new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, 0));
//Wait response from server
Socket sck2 = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp);
sck2.Bind(new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, udp_listen_port));
byte[] buffer = new byte[128];
EndPoint remoteEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, udp_listen_port);
// Broadcast to find server
string msg = "Imlookingforaserver:" + udp_listen_port;
byte[] sendBytes4 = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(msg);
IPEndPoint groupEP = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse("255.255.255.255"), server_port);
sck.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Socket, SocketOptionName.Broadcast, 1);
sck.SendTo(sendBytes4, groupEP);
sck2.ReceiveFrom(buffer, ref remoteEndPoint);