var ipc=require('../../../node-ipc'); /***************************************\ * * UDP Client is really a UDP server * * Dedicated UDP sockets on the same * machine can not be bound to in the * traditional client/server method * * Every UDP socket is it's own UDP server * And so must have a unique port on its * machine, unlike TCP or Unix Sockts * which can share on the same machine. * * Since there is no open client server * relationship, you should start world * first and then hello. * ***************************************/ ipc.config.id = 'world'; ipc.config.retry= 1500; ipc.config.rawBuffer=true; ipc.config.encoding='ascii'; ipc.serveNet( 'udp4', function(){ ipc.server.on( 'data', function(data,socket){ ipc.log('got a message'.debug, data,data.toString()); ipc.server.emit( socket, 'goodbye' ); } ); } ); ipc.server.start();