C++ Socket programming Windows

Question

I wanna set up a socket on a windows machine. For compilation I am using cygwin with the g++ compiler. For setting up a socket I would need the following library:

WS2_32.lib

which cannot be found on my machine. Is this part of MS SDK or can I download it for free from the web somewhere? If not, is there another way to setup a Socket without winsock.h on Windows?

Answer 1

Download from the Platform SDK:

Windows® Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK

or

Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5

Answer 2

如果要使用本机Windows套接字，请切换到MinGW ，它是本机Windows C和C ++编译器，并附带所有必需的库。

Answer 3

对于Socket编程， Qt提供了一个高级库，并具有L / GPL许可。

Answer 4

You are looking for Beej's Guide to Network Programming: http://www.beej.us/guide/bgnet/

BTW: I am pretty sure MinGW does contain this lib (or something compatible). Are you having problems in linking? This should work "out of the box"