In case you havn't found the answer yet, here is a working script for you to test. If the script below dosn't work, you may have poor clients. I included a compatible client below the server.
Server:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use IO::Socket;
use IO::Select;
my @sockets;
my $machine_addr = '192.168.0.1';
$main_sock = new IO::Socket::INET(LocalAddr=>$machine_addr,
LocalPort=>1200,
Proto=>'tcp',
Listen=>3,
Reuse=>1,
);
die "Could not connect: $!" unless $main_sock;
print "Starting Server\n";
$readable_handles = new IO::Select();
$readable_handles->add($main_sock);
while (1)
{
($new_readable) = IO::Select->select($readable_handles, undef, undef
+, 0);
foreach $sock (@$new_readable)
{
if ($sock == $main_sock)
{
$new_sock = $sock->accept();
$readable_handles->add($new_sock);
}
else
{
$buf = <$sock>;
if ($buf)
{
print "$buf\n";
my @sockets = $readable_handles->can_write();
#print $sock "You sent $buf\n";
foreach my $sck(@sockets){print $sck "$buf\n";}
}
else
{
$readable_handles->remove($sock);
close($sock);
}
}
}
}
print "Terminating Server\n";
close $main_sock;
getc();
Client: #######################################
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use IO::Socket;
my ( $host, $port, $kidpid, $handle, $line );
( $host, $port ) = ('192.168.0.1',1200);
my $name = shift || '';
if($name eq ''){print "What's your name?\n"}
chomp ($name = <>);
# create a tcp connection to the specified host and port
$handle = IO::Socket::INET->new(
Proto => "tcp",
PeerAddr => $host,
PeerPort => $port
)
or die "can't connect to port $port on $host: $!";
$handle->autoflush(1); # so output gets there right away
print STDERR "[Connected to $host:$port]\n";
# split the program into two processes, identical twins
die "can't fork: $!" unless defined( $kidpid = fork() );
# the if{} block runs only in the parent process
if ($kidpid) {
# copy the socket to standard output
while ( defined( $line = <$handle> ) ) {
print STDOUT $line;
}
kill( "TERM", $kidpid ); # send SIGTERM to child
}
# the else{} block runs only in the child process
else {
# copy standard input to the socket
while ( defined( $line = <STDIN> ) ) {
print $handle "$name->$line";
}
}
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