Java and Networking help

[Royalaid]

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone would mind pointing me in the right direction, I am wanting to get Java to do more then just shift numbers around so I have been looking into programing simple client server applications just learn how it all works, but have not been able to break any ground. Would you guys mind point me towards a tutorial that could help me out? It doesn't have to be anything fancy, just a simple way to learn how java treats and handles network traffic

[NanoyMaster]

funnily enough I am looking into playing with networks and manipulating packets etc. at the moment.

I think this might help you:

http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t100034.html

it's so you can use libpcap and winpcap in java

[Royalaid]

Now I am totally new to programing anything that messes around with networks so I have no idea libpcap and winpcap are... o well of to google and thanks for the reply

[eman7613]

The tutorials on Sun's site realy are very good, people should look there more often

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/networking/sockets/

Will step you through exactly how to do what you want.

[Royalaid]

I actually went there and was reading that last night and does walk you through and is very well written, still is a little confusing