Method StartServer

NetworkServer.cpp:229–332

}

void NetworkServer::StartServer()
{
    int err;
    struct addrinfo hints, *res, *result;
    //Start a TCP server and launch threads
    char port_str[6];
    snprintf(port_str, 6, "%d", port_num);

    socket_count = 0;

    /*-------------------------------------------------*\
    | Windows requires WSAStartup before using sockets  |
    \*-------------------------------------------------*/
#ifdef WIN32
    if(WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 2), &wsa) != NO_ERROR)
    {
        WSACleanup();
        return;
    }
#endif

    memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
    hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
    hints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE;
    err = getaddrinfo(host.c_str(), port_str, &hints, &result);

    if(err)
    {
        printf("Error: Unable to get address.\n");
        WSACleanup();
        return;
    }

    /*-------------------------------------------------*\
    | Create a server socket for each address returned. |
    \*-------------------------------------------------*/
    for(res = result; res && socket_count < MAXSOCK; res = res->ai_next)
    {
        server_sock[socket_count] = socket(res->ai_family, res->ai_socktype, res->ai_protocol);
        
        if(server_sock[socket_count] == INVALID_SOCKET)
        {
            printf("Error: network socket could not be created\n");
            WSACleanup();
            return;
        }

        /*-------------------------------------------------*\
        | Bind the server socket                            |
        \*-------------------------------------------------*/
        if(bind(server_sock[socket_count], res->ai_addr, res->ai_addrlen) == SOCKET_ERROR)
        {
            if(errno == EADDRINUSE)
            {
                printf("Error: Could not bind network socket \nIs port %hu already being used?\n", GetPort());
            }
            else if(errno == EACCES)