Peer-to-Peer Application Development (Windows CE 5.0)

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Peer-to-Peer networking consists of a set of networking APIs that help developers create decentralized networking applications that harness the collective power of networked computers.

Peer-to-peer networking provides a solid networking infrastructure for developing peer-to-peer networking applications.

Peer-to-peer networking is an effective alternative to DNS because peer-to-peer clients participate in, and communicate on, an unplanned mode and the Peer Name Resolution Protocol (PNRP) provides a server-less mechanism for resolving names for peer-to-peer clients.

• Peer Names and Clouds
  Describes clouds and secured and unsecured peer names.
• Programming Requirements
  Provides implementation considerations for developing networking applications that use peer-to-peer APIs.
• Creating and Deleting a Peer Identity
  Describes the process of creating and deleting peer identities.
• Registering a Peer Name
  Describes the process of registering and unregistering a peer name.
• Unregistering a Peer Name
  Describes the process of unregistering an existing peer name.
• Resolving a Peer Name
  Describes the process of resolving a peer name.
• Enumerating Clouds
  Describes the process of enumerating network clouds.
• Importing and Exporting a Peer Identity
  Describes the process of importing and exporting a peer identity.
• Receiving Notifications by Using WSANSPIoctl
  Provides information about how PNRP uses the WSANSPIoctl function to receive resolution and cloud list notifications.

• Peer-to-Peer OS Design Development
  Provides information about the components and modules that implement the peer-to-peer networking functionalities and about the Sysgen variables that enable these functionalities.
• Peer-to-Peer Samples
  Describes sample code that illustrates the use of peer-to-peer networking APIs.
• Peer-to-Peer Networking
  Provides links to topics that contain information about the peer-to-peer networking technology support in Microsoft Windows CE.

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