[ENet-discuss] enet_host_service() never returns > 0.

[Nuno Silva]

You need to have a similar loop like the server in order for the client to
receive the packet. enet_host_service should be called often since that's
the only way for either the client or the server to update.

On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Mike Diehl <mdiehl at diehlnet.com> wrote:

>  I'm trying to write a simple demonstration program with enet 1.3.3.  The
> demo is mostly based on the example code snippets from the enet website, so
> it should have been fairly simple. ;^)
>
> The client claims to have connected successfully.  A tcpdump indicates that
> the client sent a packet, and the server replied a few times.  The server
> never dispatches the CONNECT event.
>
> The applicable server code is:
> =====================================================================
>        while (1) {
>                 while (enet_host_service(server, &event, 5000) > 0) {
>                         switch (event.type) {
>                                 case ENET_EVENT_TYPE_CONNECT:
>                                         printf("connect\n");
>                                         break;
>                                 case ENET_EVENT_TYPE_RECEIVE:
>                                         printf("receive\n");
>                                         break;
>                                 case ENET_EVENT_TYPE_DISCONNECT:
>                                         printf("disconnect\n");
>                                         break;
>                                 default:
>                                         break;
>                         }
>                 }
>
>                 printf("Tick tock.\n");
>         }
> =====================================================================
>
> All it prints is Tick Tock, over and over again.
>
> The client code is fairly straightforward:
> =====================================================================
>         client = enet_host_create(NULL, 1, 2, 5760/8, 1440/8);
>
>         if (client == NULL) {
>                 printf("Could not create client.\n");
>                 return 0;
>         }
>
>         enet_address_set_host(&address, HOST);
>         address.port = PORT;
>
>         peer = enet_host_connect(client, &address, 2, 0);
>
>         if (peer == NULL) {
>                 printf("Could not connect to server\n");
>                 return 0;
>         }
>
>         if (enet_host_service(client, &event, 5000) > 0 &&
>                 event.type == ENET_EVENT_TYPE_CONNECT) {
>
>                 printf("Connection to %s succeeded.\n", HOST);
>         } else {
>                 enet_peer_reset(peer);
>                 printf("Could not connect to %s.\n", HOST);
>                 return 0;
>         }
> =====================================================================
> This code indicates that it was able to connect to the server.
> What am I missing?  TIA.
> ------------------------------
>
> Take care and have fun,
> Mike Diehl.
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