Guidance Information

This section describes:

• Sockets General Programming Information

  Describes the TCP/IP socket interface and how to use the socket routines in a user-written application.

• Sockets in the Internet Domain

  Describes TCP/IP network protocols, getting started with sockets in the Internet domain, Internet address formats, and TCP/IP-specific network utility routines.

• Sockets over Local IPC

  Describes how programmers can communicate on the same machine using the sockets API, and the local IPC address format.

• Sockets over NetBIOS

  Describes how programmers can communicate with NetBIOS using the sockets API, and the NetBIOS address format.

• Windows Sockets Version 1.1 for OS/2

  Presents information for implementing the Winsock 1.1 API for OS/2 applications.

• Remote Procedure Calls

  Describes the remote procedure calls and how to use them in a user-written application.

• File Transfer Protocol

  Describes the file transfer protocol routines and how to use them in a user-written application.

• Resource ReSerVation Protocol

  Describes the resource reservation protocol routines and how to use them to ensure that some quality of service can be reserved for sending and receiving on the network.