UDP on single machine 1

[Frink]

Hallo,

I am wanting to use UDP to talk between two executables running on the same computer. I have since been told that UDP can only be used to communicate between two computers, and can't run on a single machine. Is this true?

Any help would be much appreciated

- Frink

 

[mbaranski]

Well, you could set up a loopback device to do this. I don't know how to do it on windows, but it is easy on unix. Maybe someone will see this and do it.

Why not use some kind of piping or IPC stuff?

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[palbano]

> I have since been told that UDP can only be used to communicate
> between two computers, and can't run on a single machine. Is this true?

Absolutly NOT true.

Good luck
-pete

 

[Guest_imported]

You can talk to different apps running on one PC using UDP or TCP. No loop back needed. The stack will take care of this. You just can't use the same port in each app.

Brother C