Programing for the LAN - Help

[Iraq]

Hi,

I never programed for lan , I dont know much about how LAN works.
Now I have a project in which users of a LAN should be able to log in an application
running on the Administrator machine.
Do I need to use server-client method ,or is it possible that users on other machines
are able to use the same application that is on the main machine?
So can you guys point me to the right direction, like what i need to learn (topics)?

Sorry for the poor english. :)

[Doron Moraz]

Hi Iraq,

Do I need to use server-clientYes

what i need to learn (topics)?

Take a look at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winsock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms738545(VS.85).aspx

Hope it helps
Doron

[Iraq]

Thanks Doron Moraz for the links.
One more thing is working for the LAN is same as Internet.I know a little bit of network programing.
But do I need to learn LAN too ?

[xander_tan]

Now I have a project in which users of a LAN should be able to log in an application running on the Administrator machine. Do I need to use server-client method ,or is it possible that users on other machines...
You can consider to use web application instead, use PHP + MySQL.

[xander_tan]

Thanks Doron Moraz for the links.
One more thing is working for the LAN is same as Internet.I know a little bit of network programing.
But do I need to learn LAN too ?

For LAN, you don't really need to think much about security, for Internet, you do. And usually to access to the internet you need to go pass a firewall or proxy, so your application may need to consider this situation. For instance, Windows Live Messenger can work behind a firewall using web-proxy.