Peer

In Part 7, I introduce the basics of building a WCF PeerChannel application.  Using a simple console application, the following steps are shown: Creating the necessary interfaces Setting up the WCF enviornment Checking online status Sending and receiving messages While basic, it demonstrates…

In Part 6 of the Peer to Peer Series, I set the stage for learning how to use WCF's PeerChannel.  After a simple overview of PeerChannel, I show a sample application that uses PeerChannel to play buzzword bingo.  The focus of this installment is to give an understanding of some of…

In Part 5 of the Peer to Peer Series, I show a sample application that uses PNRP to connect a client application to a server application using WCF and PNRP Peer Host Names. The details of the actual WCF Service implementation.  Instead, I will focus on those areas of leveraging PNRP to…

Building on the examples for the first four installments, I whipped up a little WPF app that uses PNRP.  You can create registrations and look them up.  It is a good example of using the various features of PNRP to form the foundation of a P2P application. I banged this app out…

In Part 4 of the Peer to Peer Series, I modify the Resolve program to find Peer Names using the asynchronous methods.  Below is a very simple example of using the ResolveAsync method: PeerNameResolver resolver = new PeerNameResolver();   try { resolver.ResolveCompleted +=…

In Part 3 of the Peer to Peer Series, I add another Command Prompt application to the demo solution and use the PNRP API to resolve a Peer Name using C#.  As with registering a Peer Name, resolving Peer Names is straightforward: PeerNameResolver resolver = new PeerNameResolver(); try{…

In Part Two of the Peer to Peer Screencast series by SlickThought Productions, we look at using C# and the PNRP API to register a peer name.  This example uses a simple Command Prompt application to register the Peer Name, but the same techniques can be used to register a Peer Name from a…

This kick-off screencast introduces you to the foundation of Peer-to-Peer applications, PNRP.  Peer Name Resolution Protocol is the the underlying mechanism used by applications to discover peers on a network.  This can either be a local subnet or the Internet at large.  One of the…