We have 2 PCs behind routers in geographically separated networks. What is the best practice to connect those two PCs together as if they were connected locally in a LAN. Is VPN the answer and how do I setup a VPN network connection? Do I need a VPN server or something? Thank you for such wonderful site.
I want to establish a tcp connection from multiple
clients to the server on the same port at the server.
How do I do that?
Sounds like you’re trying to multiplex the connections at your server. Provided your application can handle more than one client at a time, TCP multiplexing takes care of the networking side of things for you automatically.
Here’s how..
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