Peer-to-Peer Networking - Windows Networking Development
Recent update: 2008-3-21

Simple peer-to-peer? for a simple life!

1018 byte By Danvasich? at 2008-3-7
Hi everyone; I am having problems with setting up my own accross the web peer-to-peer application. I am just looking for a very simple code! in Very Basic language (Visual Basic ) This is going to be a software that allows users to share files when they are online, well something like ...

socket() problem on a vista system: 10050

494 byte By ErikIonix at 2008-3-6
We have an application that uses sockets, and runs fine under xp and 2000. Under Vista it returns WSAENETDOWN() on a socket() call. The machine is connected to the net (I am actually writing this from it). Its a clean install of Vista (only thing on it is VS2005, and clearcase). We tried ...

Windows Vista and PNRP

814 byte By AndreasJ at 2008-3-5
Hi all, as preparation for my master thesis I have to make an elaboration about PNRP and its applications but I just found some information on wikipedia.org. These information is to less technical and not very detailed so I decided to make a thread in a forum where people should know what ...

Teredo offline after KB935807 on Vista

627 byte By sgksgksgk at 2008-3-3
My Vista changed the teredo behavior after applying the recent KB935807 security update. Before the update, the teredo network interface had IPv6 address and operated correctly. However, the interface now has no IPv6 address, and the "netsh" command says "offline" because ...

System.Net.PeerToPeer in latest CTP: XP OR only VISTA?

269 byte By nikitaD. at 2008-3-1
<span id="_ctl0_MainContent_PostFlatView"><span>Hi guys, There's a lot of confusion about System.Net.PeerToPeer in the latest CTP . I would like to know if this namespace features will be fully supported on Win XP ? or is it only VISTA ? Thanks.</span></span>

customize seed server ?

179 byte By hwanjoo at 2008-2-28
hello everyone. microsoft seed server are sometime down. i don't know why? so can i build a seed server? please help me... thank you.

Error:Encountered issues with the PNRP cache.<error 0x8098090d>

642 byte By marcastillo at 2008-2-27
Despite re-installing PNRP, I get the following error:netsh p2p pnrp cloud>sync seed Global_ Error:Encountered issues with the PNRP cache.<error 0x8098090d>"show seed" shows:pnrpv2.ipv6.microsoft.com;pnrpv21.ipv6.microsoft.comC:\>ping -6 pnrpv2.ipv6.microsoft.comPing ...

Link local pnrp cannot talk to each other

2733 byte By RonHulen at 2008-2-26
First of all, thank you so much for the blogs and the forum. They have been extremely helpful while in learning PNRP. I have a problem with 2 machines talking to each other on a link local cloud. Both machines are Windows XP SP2. They are running on my home network which is not IPv6 enabled. ...

Seed server everyday working ?

536 byte By hwanjoo at 2008-2-25
I get the following error:netsh p2p pnrp cloud>sync seed Global_ Error:Encountered issues with the PNRP cache.<error 0x8098090d>"show seed" shows:pnrpv2.ipv6.microsoft.com;pnrpv21.ipv6.microsoft.comC:\>ping -6 pnrpv2.ipv6.microsoft.comPing request could not find host ...

Seed server everyday working ?

536 byte By hwanjoo at 2008-2-24
I get the following error:netsh p2p pnrp cloud>sync seed Global_ Error:Encountered issues with the PNRP cache.<error 0x8098090d>"show seed" shows:pnrpv2.ipv6.microsoft.com;pnrpv21.ipv6.microsoft.comC:\>ping -6 pnrpv2.ipv6.microsoft.comPing request could not find host ...

Link local pnrp cannot talk to each other

2733 byte By RonHulen at 2008-2-23
First of all, thank you so much for the blogs and the forum. They have been extremely helpful while in learning PNRP. I have a problem with 2 machines talking to each other on a link local cloud. Both machines are Windows XP SP2. They are running on my home network which is not IPv6 enabled. ...

Error:Encountered issues with the PNRP cache.<error 0x8098090d>

642 byte By marcastillo at 2008-2-22
Despite re-installing PNRP, I get the following error:netsh p2p pnrp cloud>sync seed Global_ Error:Encountered issues with the PNRP cache.<error 0x8098090d>"show seed" shows:pnrpv2.ipv6.microsoft.com;pnrpv21.ipv6.microsoft.comC:\>ping -6 pnrpv2.ipv6.microsoft.comPing ...

Teredo offline after KB935807 on Vista

627 byte By sgksgksgk at 2008-2-22
My Vista changed the teredo behavior after applying the recent KB935807 security update. Before the update, the teredo network interface had IPv6 address and operated correctly. However, the interface now has no IPv6 address, and the "netsh" command says "offline" because ...

IPv6 on Windows Vista

620 byte By Kremen at 2008-2-21
I have an application that uses an IPv6 UDP socket. When I disable the firewall, it works. When the firewall is enabled, it does not work. After a lot of troubleshooting, I have discovered that with the firewall enabled, my application is binding the socket to a local IPv6 address that is for ...

Selecting network interface in Wininet

697 byte By JesusMonzon at 2008-2-20
Hi group,I'm trying to run an http client module (win32 c++) in a machine with several network interfaces (i.e LAN and PPP/RAS based connections). The module is wininet based and it works fine. My next step is to make the HTTP requets use an specific interface, not the one automatically picked ...

socket() problem on a vista system: 10050

494 byte By ErikIonix at 2008-2-19
We have an application that uses sockets, and runs fine under xp and 2000. Under Vista it returns WSAENETDOWN() on a socket() call. The machine is connected to the net (I am actually writing this from it). Its a clean install of Vista (only thing on it is VS2005, and clearcase). We tried ...

home network issue

1038 byte By scottswk at 2008-2-18
Hi, I am perplexed by an issue I am having with trying to set up file sharing on my home network. I have a Linksys Router that I use for Internet Phone. I have one of my PC's linked into one of the ethernet connections to acces the internet. I have a line going from the second ethernet ...

Network connections to a file share

464 byte By J.T.K. at 2008-2-17
Do you know if Windows XP handles the underlying network connections to a file share differently if the file share (on another Windows XP computer) requires a login? It appears that the connection to a file share that requires username/password seems to last longer while the connection to an ...

No More Endpoints Detected

713 byte By sandeep.dixit at 2008-2-16
Hi All, I am working on a P2P project. I want to connect my pc to another client (it is a public server) using teredo. I want to give some details : i) I am using Terdo Tunneling ii) Another client is using 6to4 tunneling. iii) When I run this command on another client's machine it shows ...

Active Directory W2K8 and W2K3 working with IPV6

220 byte By AnonymousAndy66 at 2008-2-15
<span>Is there a way to configure the Active Directory supplied with Windows 2003 to allow IPV6 connections on port 389? There doesn't seem to be any clear answer if this is possible or how to do if it is. </span>

Saving received data from CAsyncSocket to a queue

3659 byte By GET@h at 2008-2-15
Hi All,I'm using CASynchSocket in my application for networking using tcp/udp protocols.I use a class named MySocket which extends CAsynchSocket. It has a queue in which the received data on the OnReceive overried function is stored, this queue is accessed from outside MySocket to read/delete ...

windows 2003 & microsoft p2p

401 byte By pasadena at 2008-2-15
Hello. everyone. I'm trying to test p2p on windows 2003 service pack2. But I couldn't find "peer to peer netwoking" at the add/remove windows component. I read that windows 2003 sp1 or above supports teredo, so I think it supports microsoft p2p, am I right? Then how can I install ...

Windows Vista and PNRP

814 byte By AndreasJ at 2008-2-15
Hi all, as preparation for my master thesis I have to make an elaboration about PNRP and its applications but I just found some information on wikipedia.org. These information is to less technical and not very detailed so I decided to make a thread in a forum where people should know what ...

Context switches on receiving data over SOCKET

297 byte By Srini_Katta at 2008-2-15
How do I keep the context switches to a minimum level? is there a technique or guideline available? I am seeing about 7000 to 8000 system context switches per second. Is that normal or is there something that can be done to reduce that number? Please let me know. Thank you, Srini.

maximum number of mesh memberships per applications

616 byte By semedao at 2008-2-14
howdy is there a limit on the number of meshes an application can join? is it only limited to the max number of available sockets on the platform or is there a hardcoded limitation in msp2p? does joning a mesh necesseraly mean utilizing at least one new socket?also in case of an application ...

no connection between peers...

1870 byte By henrikrocks at 2008-2-14
Hello again. I have been fiddling with this p2p project for some time now, and I feel I’m pretty close to the goal. Still, I have a couple of problems left that I’m a bit confused about. I have 2 machines (one xp and one vista) connected to the internet via a router with a restricted cone nat. ...

Winsock Problems

1814 byte By Drezard at 2008-2-13
Okay, I'm trying to compile a winsock server example from http://www.nullterminator.net/winsock.html. And as you can get I had a few problems. Well, I compiled my attempt at the code and got a couple of thousand errors. Instead of posting them one by one, I thought that I probably just missed ...

Context switches on receiving data over SOCKET

294 byte By Srini_Katta at 2008-2-13
How do I keep the context switches to a minimum level? is there a technique or guideline available? I am seeing about 7000 to 8000 system context switches per second. Is that normal or is there something that can be done to reduce that number? Please let me know. Thank you, Srini.

Where to start

162 byte By KoraySamsun at 2008-2-12
Hi, i want to build a simple p2p application in c# please someone can advice me where to start, any tutorial, pdf or url ? thanks in advance.

no connection between peers...

1869 byte By henrikrocks at 2008-2-11
Hello again. I have been fiddling with this p2p project for some time now, and I feel I’m pretty close to the goal. Still, I have a couple of problems left that I’m a bit confused about. I have 2 machines (one xp and one vista) connected to the internet via a router with a restricted cone nat. ...

Active Directory W2K8 and W2K3 working with IPV6

220 byte By AnonymousAndy66 at 2008-2-10
<span>Is there a way to configure the Active Directory supplied with Windows 2003 to allow IPV6 connections on port 389? There doesn't seem to be any clear answer if this is possible or how to do if it is. </span>

No More Endpoints Detected

696 byte By sandeep.dixit at 2008-2-10
Hi All,I am working on a P2P project. I want to connect my pc to another client (it is a public server) using teredo. I want to give some details :i) I am using Terdo Tunnelingii) Another client is using 6to4 tunneling.iii) When I run this command on another client's machine it shows the ...

Windows Vista and PNRP

801 byte By AndreasJ at 2008-2-8
Hi all,as preparation for my master thesis I have to make an elaboration about PNRP and its applications but I justfound some information on wikipedia.org.These information is to less technical and not very detailed so I decided to make a thread in a forum where people should know what exactly ...

How to connect ta a ftp server with CFtpConnection thru a proxy server

1445 byte By jeff70 at 2008-2-8
Hi,Im trying to connect to a ftp server thru a proxy server; here is a part of my source code: CInternetSession isServer("App name",1,INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PROXY, "webproxy.company.com", NULL, 0); i = isServer.SetOption(INTERNET_OPTION_PROXY_USERNAME, ...

maximum number of mesh memberships per applications

612 byte By semedao at 2008-2-7
howdyis there a limit on the number of meshes an application can join? is it only limited to the max number of available sockets on the platform or is there a hardcoded limitation in msp2p? does joning a mesh necesseraly mean utilizing at least one new socket?also in case of an application ...

P2P Api support in Windows Server 2008

231 byte By Anonymoussgml';sdfgml;sdfgmsd;f at 2008-2-7
Will Windows Server 2008 include/support the P2P apis and services (if so, a superset of the API in Vista RTM?)? Is it possible to make the api run on Windows Server 2003 (I need that - even if it is not supported)? Thanks.

PeerIdentityCreate and Impersonation

1235 byte By Anonymoussgml';sdfgml;sdfgmsd;f at 2008-2-7
Hi, I want to create a set of unit tests for a library I have written on top of the Vista P2P apis. I want to use Impersonation in my tests to create identities for various users on my workstation. Unfortunately, when calling PeerIdentityCreate from an impersonated context, I receive the ...

PPP Bridging PDU

197 byte By AdzimAuzar at 2008-2-7
Which Windows XP update was the PPP Bridging PDU added to the RAS Dialer? Why does the PPP Bridging PDU CRC comes back as invalid when monitored? Does this PDU follow RFC 1638? Please help.

Active Directory allowing IPv4 and IPv6 connections at the same time

201 byte By AnonymousAndy66 at 2008-2-6
Is there a way to configure the Active Directory supplied with Windows 2003 to allow IPV6 connections on port 389? There doesn't seem to be any clear answer if this is possible or how to do if it is.

Utility to provide automatic ad-hoc wireless network connections in Windows Vista Business

961 byte By Handsome&Intelligent at 2008-2-6
Hi Guys I know this is a development forum but I am hoping someone will be able to help me.What I Want:Utility to provide automatic ad-hoc wireless network connections in Windows Vista Business.Reason:Every time I start Vista, I have to manually connect to the ad-hoc wireless connection for my ...

WriteFileGather() and ReadFileScatter() on SOCKET, PIPE, etc

146 byte By sobo1 at 2008-2-5
Hi all, Can someone tell me if WriteFileGather() and ReadFileScatter() are supported on SOCKET, PIPE, etc.? Thanks in advance.

Installing a P2P application.

2586 byte By henrikrocks at 2008-2-5
Hi peer-to-peer guys. Thanks for a great forum. I'm currently creating a "prove-of-concept" application using ms-p2p. Its purpose is to distribute a batch-process to idle PCs in a LAN using the p2p API. I think I've got the logic working (sending a task, processing the task and ...

GetOverlappedResult() or ReadFile() on Socket returns TRUE with lesser number of bytes

1614 byte By Freebies at 2008-2-4
Hi,I am writing a TCP/IP Server application that handles several clients.I am using the overlapped ReadFile() and WriteFile() in a single thread per client inside the Server. Every client sends data to Server in packets of size 2 kbytes each. Server if required, sends data to a client in ...

FTP MPUT

637 byte By Skippy1313 at 2008-2-4
I have a batch file running to copy some files from one server to another via FTP. When it issues the MPUT command, it starts copying files. However, it only copies between 100 and 250 (seems random) of the 500 files before quitting. The FTP timeout is set at 600 seconds, but it stops in less ...

FTP MPUT

644 byte By Skippy1313 at 2008-2-4
I have a batch file running to copy some files from one server to another via FTP. When it issues the MPUT command, it starts copying files. However, it only copies between 100 and 250 (seems random) of the 500 files before quitting. The FTP timeout is set at 600 seconds, but it stops in less ...

Utility to provide automatic ad-hoc wireless network connections in Windows Vista Business

968 byte By Handsome&Intelligent at 2008-2-4
Hi Guys I know this is a development forum but I am hoping someone will be able to help me.What I Want:Utility to provide automatic ad-hoc wireless network connections in Windows Vista Business.Reason:Every time I start Vista, I have to manually connect to the ad-hoc wireless connection for my ...

P2P on Windows Mobile

998 byte By DeanLupini at 2008-2-3
Anyone try this out yet? I've already written a P2P app for Vista/XP, now I'm trying to get my PDA to connect to this software. I started by downloading the Redistributable Server Components for Windows Mobile 5, I'm already set up with VS 2005 and the WM5 SDK, along with all updates. I can ...

Utility to provide automatic ad-hoc wireless network connections in Windows Vista Business

976 byte By Handsome&Intelligent at 2008-2-3
Hi Guys I know this is a development forum but I am hoping someone will be able to help me. What I Want: Utility to provide automatic ad-hoc wireless network connections in Windows Vista Business. Reason: Every time I start Vista, I have to manually connect to the ad-hoc wireless connection ...

Global_ cloud missing

614 byte By mdedirudianto at 2008-2-2
Hi guys. I'm new in windows peer-to-peer. I have a problem. Lately, the Global_ cloud often dissapear. This happened after i upgrade it to version 2. I look at the registry, the Global_ cloud SeedServer still pointing to pnrpv2.ipv6.microsoft.com;pnrpv21.ipv6.microsoft.com. Should I rollback ...

Resolving peer name

1153 byte By pasadena at 2008-2-2
Hello... I prepared two computers, and made peer name on each computer. and make them resolve/traceroute each others. and I found out it work fine. But when I tried to make them resolve themself. they could not find themself. 1. What is the reason? cannot peer resolve itself? I test it in ...