P2PNET

P2PNET is a low level portable peer to peer library written in C# with an emphasises on being simple to use. With this library you can send and receive messages, files and objects between peers on a local network. P2PNET is fast. Messages are serialized with JSON.NET and then send directly using a transport layer protocol. This make P2PNET ideal for soft real time systems (i.e. video games).

Establishing a low level peer-to-peer network connection can be hard as you have to deal with the asymmetric nature of establishing a TCP connection and the add complexities of mutli-threaded programs. This library is designed to simplify this. In fact you don't have to worry about threads or establishing a connection at all. You can just use one of the supplied send methods to start sending messages. P2PNET will handles establishing a TCP connection for you.

you can send all kinds of messages. For low level applications use: P2PNET.TransportLayer.TransportManager to send binary arrays. Alternatively you can use P2PNET.ObjectLayer.ObjectManager to send objects between peers. And in future I plan to implement the ability to send files.

Supported protocols:

• UDP and TCP

Supported Platforms:

• Mono / .Net Framework 4.5
• ASP.NET Core 1.0
• Windows 8
• Windows Phone 8.1
• Windows Phone Silverlight 8
• Xamarin.Android
• Xamarin.iOS
• Xamarin.iOS (Classic)
• UWP

How do I add this library to my project?

The latest release can be found on NuGet. Use a Nuget Package Manager to include it into your C# project.

How To Use

int portNum = 8080;
TransportManager transMgr = new TransportManager(portNum);
transManager.MsgReceived += (object obj, MsgReceivedEventArgs e) =>
    {
        byte[] message = e.Message;
		//insert code here
    };

//tell P2PNET to start listerning
await transMgr.StartAsync();


//when you want to send a message
string ipAddress = "255.255.255.255";
byte[] message = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("Hello world");
transMgr.SendAsyncTCP(ipAddress, message);

Refer to wiki for more details.