Which networking lib you recommend

[Oster200]

I was wondering what networking lib you like. So far im looking at SFML or irrnetlite. i just cant seem to get irrnetlite to work in codeblocks.

[Cube_]

SFML is good

[mant]

how about POCO lib?

[Oster200]

Well i think i will just go with Raknet for now i really dont want to. I cant get irrnetlite to compile. I heard boost is harder than POCO but there is not much stuff on POCO that i can find mostly for 3d games.

[Cube_]

I still stick with SFML, for network and sound, it does what it is supposed to do and it does it well
RakNet seems cool and all but I dislike the license.

[mongoose7]

I just had a look at SFML. It is just a socket interface. You don't call a socket interface a network implementation, do you?

[Oster200]

RakNet seems cool and all but I dislike the license.

This is why im trying to stay away from it too.

So there is boost, poco... I kinda want one of the more easy ones i can learn along the way i just havent ever touched networking.

And SFML isnt that what any other networking thing does just send information to a socket?

[mongoose7]

I think there is a difference between
a) Send this message to Entity 1, and
b) Connect to Entity 1; Wait for ACK; Create message with packet boundaries; Send message.

But if all the networking packages just give you a socket interface, well, OK. But there are really only two socket interfaces, the Berkeley one and the Windows one, so you should be able to write directly to the interface anyway.

[Oster200]

Well you are probably right i have never used a networking lib.

[Oster200]

Well i was just looking at the POCO lib and it looks good but, this might be a stupid question can you run a online game using POCO no latency or lag as long as servers running on a good PC?

[Cube_]

I just had a look at SFML. It is just a socket interface. You don't call a socket interface a network implementation, do you?

Well no, but it provides all the functionality necessary, if you need anything but sending a data stream to entity x then you can code it or use something else, SFML has just enough functionality for me (and it's pretty lightweight)

[serengeor]

What about Enet? I think irrnetlite uses it.