I'm trying to write a pair of classes (a client and a server) that can communicate with each other.

I am relativly new to C so any pointers would be great! My simple server code (server.c) so far is:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <unistd.h>

void main()
{
	int fd;
	fd = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0);
	
	struct sockaddr_in addr;
	inet_pton(AF_INET, "127.0.0.1", &addr.sin_addr);
	addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
	addr.sin_port = htons(5000);
	
	if (bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1){
		printf("S:ERROR BINDING SOCK\n");
		close(fd);
	}

	if (listen(fd, 5) == -1){
		printf("S:ERROR LISTENING\n");
		close(fd);
	}
	else {
		printf("S:RUNNING...\n");
	}
	
	int connfd;
	struct sockaddr_in cliaddr;
	socklen_t cliaddrlen = sizeof(cliaddr);

	connfd = accept(fd, &cliaddr, &cliaddrlen);

	if (connfd == -1){
		printf("ERROR ACCEPTING CONNECTION\n");
		close(fd);
	}
	else {
		printf("S: accepted connection...");
	}
}

And my client code is (client.c):

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <unistd.h>

void main()
{
	int fd;
	fd = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0);
	
	struct sockaddr_in addr;
	inet_pton(AF_INET, "127.0.0.1", &addr.sin_addr);
	addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
	addr.sin_port = htons(5000);

	if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1){
		printf("ERROR CONNECTING SOCK\n");
	}
	else {
		printf("C:ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT...\n");
	}

}

How can i set the classes up to communicate with each other? Is the problem my addesses? Or does it have to be done on different computers?

Thanks,

Logi.

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