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I need to write a network application for Windows 2000 that involves communication between two computers using static IP addresses. Both of these computers are running Windows 2000 and and are in the same office connected through a switch. &nbsp;One of these computers is an older SBC with ISA bus and the other is a newer laptop. &nbsp;The computer with the ISA bus will listen on the network and wait for the laptop to be connected and when they are both communicated it will simply send messages to the laptop. I was thinking of all the possible solutions for this (including installing Linux) and have decided to go with just implementing it in Visual Studio 2005. Is this the best way to do this, or are there better solutions? This is just a simple network application.
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I need to write a network application for Windows 2000 that involves communication between two computers using static IP addresses. Both of these computers are running Windows 2000 and and are in the same office connected through a switch.  One of these computers is an older SBC with ISA bus and the other is a newer laptop.  The computer with the ISA bus will listen on the network and wait for the laptop to be connected and when they are both communicated it will simply send messages to the laptop. I was thinking of all the possible solutions for this (including installing Linux) and have decided to go with just implementing it in Visual Studio 2005. Is this the best way to do this, or are there better solutions? This is just a simple network application.

Question about WIndows 2000 Network Programming

Windows 2000 is an operating system for use on both client and server computers. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the last version of Microsoft Windows to display the "Windows NT" designation. Four editions of Windows 2000 were released (Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server) that shared a core set of features, including many system utilities such as the Microsoft Management Console. All versions of the operating system support NTFS 3.0, Encrypting File System, as well as basic and dynamic disk storage. The Windows 2000 Server family includes support for Active Directory services, Distributed File System and fault-redundant storage volumes.