Datagram Socket Communication

The WinSocket classes also support datagram sockets.

Datagram communication does not require a connection because each datagram messages contains a destination address. A datagram socket can send data to many addresses, and receive data from many sources.

Datagram communication does not use a client-server relationship. For convenience, however, these terms are used in the table below.

Server	Client
Create a socket
Bind an address to the socket
	Create a socket
Send and receive data	Send and receive data
Close the connection	Close the connection

Using

• Using a datagram server
• Using a datagram client