using create (), Create TCP socket.using bind (), Bind the socket to server address.using listen (), put the server socket in a passive mode, where it waits for the client to approach the server to make a connectionusing accept (), At this point, connection is established between client and server, and they are ready to transfer data. More items... ...

Obtain the target server application's IP address and a protocol port number.Create an object of the asio::ip::tcp::endpoint class from the IP address and the protocol port number obtained in step 1.Create and open an active socket.Call the socket's connect () method specifying the endpoint object created in step 2 as an argument. More items... ...

A socket is like a telephone (i.e. end to end device for communication)IP is like your telephone number (i.e. address for your socket)Port is like the person you want to talk to (i.e. the service you want to order from that address)A socket can be a client or a server socket (i.e. ... ...

How Do Sockets Work? Sockets simply provide the actual hardware for moving data around. TCP-based sockets are called stream sockets, where all data will arrive in order. UDP-based sockets are datagram sockets, where order (or even delivery) isn’t guaranteed. There are also raw sockets, which don’t have any restrictions, and are used for ... ...