This section contains technical information for planning, designing, and writing application programs that use the sockets application programming interface (API) in a TCP/IP Version 4.21 for OS/2 Warp environment.
Topics
Introduction to Networking Services
Sockets Overview
Socket Protocol Families
Socket Addresses
Socket Types
Socket Creation
Binding Names to Sockets
Socket Connections
Obtaining Socket Addresses
Server Connections
Connectionless Datagram Services
Socket Options
Socket Data Transfer
Socket Shutdown
Typical Socket Session Diagram
TCP Extensions for Transactions
(T/TCP)
TCP Extensions for High Performance
(RFC 1323)
High Performance Send
Passing Sockets Between Processes
Multithreading Considerations
Accessing a TCP/IP API DLL from
an Intermediate DLL
Differences between OS/2 and
Standard BSD Sockets
Compiling and Linking a Sockets
API Application
Sample Programs