Thread and socket
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
public class Advertise {
public static void Main()
{
Advertise server = new Advertise();
}
public Advertise()
{
Thread advert = new Thread(new ThreadStart(sendPackets));
advert.IsBackground = true;
advert.Start();
Console.Write("Press Enter to stop");
string data = Console.ReadLine();
}
void sendPackets()
{
Socket sock = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork,
SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp);
sock.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Socket, SocketOptionName.Broadcast, 1);
IPEndPoint iep = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Broadcast, 9050);
string hostname = Dns.GetHostName();
byte[] data = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(hostname);
while (true)
{
sock.SendTo(data, iep);
Thread.Sleep(60000);
}
}
}
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