public void startBroadcast()
{
string ip_address = IPInformation.GetLocalIPAddress();
string text_to_send = ip_address + ":" + Dns.GetHostName();
string broadcast_ip = ip_address.Remove(ip_address.LastIndexOf('.')) + ".255";
while (true)
{
bool done = false;
Socket sending_socket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp);
IPAddress send_to = IPAddress.Parse(broadcast_ip);
IPEndPoint sending_end_point = new IPEndPoint(send_to, 11000);
byte[] send_buffer = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(text_to_send);
while (!done)
{
try
{
sending_socket.SendTo(send_buffer, sending_end_point);
done = true;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Exception Caught");
}
}
Thread.Sleep(3000);
}
}
public Server()
{
port = 9999;
IP = IPInformation.GetLocalIPAddress();
IPEndPoint ipEnd = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse(IP), port);
listener = new TcpListener(ipEnd);
}