UDP is not a connection oriented protocol. The client just sends to the server on a desired port. That's it.
When you say "broadcast logging information" do you mean you are sending a datagram to the broadcast address? If so, broadcasts stop at the IP subnet boundary. On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 at 13:42 Greg Keogh <gfke...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just want to check this is possible... > > A server program running in my Azure VM will use the UdpClient class to > broadcast logging information using a chosen port. It doesn't know anything > about who might want to listen. > > Client programs anywhere in the world know the IP address and port, and > will use the UdpClient class to connect and listen to the logging > broadcasts. > > I've only ever used the UdpClient class like that within a LAN, but I > presume "distance" is no obstacle and what I want is a familiar technique > between remote machines. I've run a few experiments but they all fail to > communicate or crash because I've stuffed-up the parameters. There are so > many combinations of parameters and options that I simply cannot find the > right ones. All samples I find are trivial and don't seem to do what I want. > > Any advice would be welcome. > > *Greg K* > -- David Connors da...@connors.com | @davidconnors | LinkedIn | +61 417 189 363
