Platform SDK: Windows Sockets

TCP/IP Introduction

This section covers extensions to Windows Sockets 2 that are specific to TCP/IP protocols. It also describes aspects of base Windows Sockets 2 functions that require special consideration or that may exhibit unique behavior when using TCP/IP.

Fast Facts

Element Description
Protocol name(s) TCP, UDP
Description Provides two transport services over the IP networking layer: UDP for unreliable datagrams, TCP for reliable, connection-oriented byte streams.
Address family AF_INET
Header file Ws2tcpip.h