[ENet-discuss] Not getting any event on my server

[Lee Salzman]

Nope, you only have to destroy packets that you get from RECEIVE events.

Lee

Wai Wu wrote:
> You are absolutely right. After a few hours, I figured that out. Once I
> put in servicing on the client side, it works great. Another question.
> After I send a packet with enet_peer_send, do I have to do a
> enet_packet_destroy?  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: enet-discuss-bounces at cubik.org
> [mailto:enet-discuss-bounces at cubik.org] On Behalf Of Lee Salzman
> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 6:28 PM
> To: Discussion of the ENet library
> Subject: Re: [ENet-discuss] Not getting any event on my server
> 
> My guess is you are not servicing the client after you get the connect
> event. The connection sequence from a protocol/event standpoint is as
> follows:
> 
> Client sends CONNECT to Server.
> Server sends VERIFY_CONNECT to Client on receipt of CONNECT.
> Client generates CONNECT event (your problem likely occurs here) and
> then sends ACKNOWLEDGE on receipt of VERIFY_CONNECT.
> Server generates CONNECT event on receipt of ACKNOWLEDGE.
> 
> So the client needs to continue running ENet even after the CONNECT
> event is generated client-side, or else the hand-shake will not be
> completed.
> 
> Lee
> 
> Wai Wu wrote:
> 
>>Hi all,
>> 
>>Can some one take a look at my simple testing code? I am not getting 
>>any events at all. I use a simple client code connect to it. The 
>>client says connection is sucessful but there is no event generated on
> 
> the server.
> 
>> 
>> 
>>#include <stdio.h>
>>#include <conio.h>
>>#include <process.h>
>>#include "enet\enet.h"
>> 
>>
>>ENetHost * server;
>> 
>>void startserver(int UDPport)
>>{
>> 
>>    ENetAddress address;
>> 
>>    /* Bind the server to the default localhost.     */
>>    /* A specific host address can be specified by   */
>>    enet_address_set_host (& address, "localhost");
>> 
>>    address.host = ENET_HOST_ANY;
>>    /* Bind the server to port 1234. */
>>    address.port = UDPport;
>> 
>>    server = enet_host_create (& address /* the address to bind the 
>>server host to */,
>>                                 32      /* allow up to 32 clients 
>>and/or outgoing connections */,
>>                                  0      /* assume any amount of 
>>incoming bandwidth */,
>>                                  0      /* assume any amount of 
>>outgoing bandwidth */);
>>    if (server == NULL)
>>    {
>>        fprintf (stderr,
>>                 "An error occurred while trying to create an ENet 
>>server host.\n");
>>        exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
>>    }
>> 
>>}
>> 
>>void stopserver()
>>{
>>    enet_host_destroy(server);
>>}
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>void evtThread(void *p)
>>{
>>    ENetEvent event;
>>   
>>    /* Wait up to 1000 milliseconds for an event. */  int rc = 
>>enet_host_service (server, & event, 1000);
>>    while (rc >= 0)
>>    {
>>  cprintf("Event rc %d\r\n", rc);
>>  if (rc > 0)
>>  {
>>   switch (event.type)
>>   {
>>   case ENET_EVENT_TYPE_CONNECT:
>>    printf ("A new client connected from %x:%u.\n",
>>      event.peer -> address.host,
>>      event.peer -> address.port);
>> 
>>    /* Store any relevant client information here. */
>>    event.peer -> data = "Client information";
>> 
>>    break;
>> 
>>   case ENET_EVENT_TYPE_RECEIVE:
>>     printf ("A packet of length %u containing %s was received from %s
> 
> 
>>on channel %u.\n",
>>      event.packet -> dataLength,
>>      event.packet -> data,
>>      event.peer -> data,
>>      event.channelID);
>> 
>>     /* Clean up the packet now that we're done using it. */
>>    enet_packet_destroy (event.packet);
>>           
>>    break;
>>          
>>   case ENET_EVENT_TYPE_DISCONNECT:
>>    printf ("%s disconected.\n", event.peer -> data);
>> 
>>    /* Reset the peer's client information. */
>> 
>>    event.peer -> data = NULL;
>>   }
>>  }
>>  rc = enet_host_service (server, & event, 1000);
>>    }
>>}
>> 
>>int main (int argc, char * argv[])
>>{
>>    if (enet_initialize () != 0)
>>    {
>>        fprintf (stderr, "An error occurred while initializing
> 
> ENet.\n");
> 
>>        return EXIT_FAILURE;
>>    }
>>    atexit (enet_deinitialize);
>> 
>> startserver(atoi(argv[1]));
>> _beginthread(evtThread, 300, NULL);
>> getch();
>> stopserver();
>> return 0;
>>}
>>
>>
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>--
>>