How to connect to WIFI with the help of java(sockets)?

Jun 28, 2011 01:26:35

Hi Coders,

Actaully iam a new to the socket programming... I want to connect to the WIFI.. WIFI is assigning some dynamic IPS.. So my concern is how to connect to the ethernet ports and how it is assigning these ports.. Please help..

Jun 28, 2011 06:00:07

Does the server have fixed address (as in , the domain name)? If yes, you could explore, http://www.dnsjava.org

Jun 28, 2011 06:14:09

Sockets are concerned with *where* to connect, not how to connect. Are you saying that you have more than one network interface, and you want to connect using a particular one? I don't think Java code can do anything about that, you'd need to set this at the routing level.

The dnsjava library -while cool in itself- can't help with that.

Jun 28, 2011 07:17:24

I agree with you guys.. But the problem is that I know the WIFI is connecting the access point on my pc.. But how would i know which port it is using ? How do i listen to that port? Or is there any library in Java that helps in finding the port the ethernet is using..

Jun 28, 2011 07:43:31

Let me ask a question to get some context information: why do you want a connection? What do you want to do with that connection?

Jun 28, 2011 08:03:10

I need to read and write data from the ethernet ports.. how can i do this?

Jun 29, 2011 12:32:34

Now I'm confused. In the title you said that you want to connect through the Wifi, but now you're saying you want to connect through Ethernet? Which one is it? And *why* is it important to use one over the other? Desktop PCs (which is what I assume you're talking about) generally only let you have a single network connection anyway.

Jun 29, 2011 22:58:12

Let me explain you the overall requirements.. I have one WIFI network and some hardware components that connects to these wifis.. Now these devices sends the data to NIC card and also my NIC is connected to this WIFI.. SO iam confused how the ports are allocated..? and how java is connecting to these ports...

Jun 29, 2011 23:12:26

Sorry, still not clear - those "components" talk to the Wifi or the NIC card? Through what kind of connection - TCP/IP? And what do you mean by "how the ports are allocated"?

What is the actual problem you're trying to solve?

Jun 30, 2011 00:27:34

Thanks for the reply..

I was given an established product that communicates with WIFI.. I have a PC with WIFI enabled.. They also have their own hardware components(connected via WIFI) that communicates and pushes the data to the NIC.. Now the NIC and WIFI enabled on the same PC. So iam not clear how they communicates and which are the ports usually being used to read/write the data that the hardware components is sending.. Let me know if still it is unclear..

Jun 30, 2011 05:22:31

A tool like Wireshark should tell you quickly what ports are being used.