To make all of this work with WinSock you have to make the usual changes. to the start of the file and add the library files wsock32.a and ws2_32.a which you should find in mingw/lib to the libraries.

A socket is defined as the endpoint of a two-way communication between two processes running over a network. Inter-process communication can be achieved using sockets. After a connection between the ...

IT professionals who seek to understand how sockets work can follow this advice: Practice a lot, and implement proofs of concept that help one understand sockets at a low level. Socket programming ...