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Does Socket.Bind be necessary for every situation about Socket programming?

Does Socket.Bind be necessary for every situation? If no, what are the situation in which Socket.Bind must be used? Any help? Thanks.

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Every situation? No. It is required for servers, they need to call Listen() and that's meaningless unless Socket knows what IP-address to listen on. Clients only have to call Connect(), that takes an IP-address.

The TcpListener class hides the Bind() call for you.

Hans Passant  2010-03-19 12:28:24
Thanks for your help. Actually, I want know the exact meaning of Bind()? Why Server needs Bind()?
Jollian  2010-03-19 12:59:02
@Jollian: I specifically addressed this in my answer. I don't know how to make it any clearer if you don't explain why that wasn't clear.
Hans Passant  2010-03-19 14:10:36
OK. Maybe I asked a improper question, but your answer is right. Sorry for making you confused.Thank you all the same.
Jollian  2010-03-20 08:16:55

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