var ipc=require('../../../node-ipc'); /***************************************\ * * You should start both hello and world * then you will see them communicating. * * *************************************/ ipc.config.id = 'hello'; ipc.config.retry= 1500; ipc.config.rawBuffer=true; ipc.config.encoding='ascii'; ipc.serveNet( 8001, //we set the port here because the world server is already using the default of 8000. So we can not bind to 8000 while world is using it. 'udp4', function(){ ipc.server.on( 'data', function(data){ ipc.log('got a message from world '.debug, data, data.toString()); } ); ipc.server.emit( { address : 'localhost', port : ipc.config.networkPort }, 'hello' ); } ); ipc.server.start();