how to stop too many packet in certain time period

[lmf]

HI! All
I want to make a function on my server side,
if in 10second get 12 packet then stop that getting data else reset the time


thank you much.

[DigiRev]

Is this visual basic? 6? .NET? What are you using in the server? Winsock?

Please be more specific.

[lmf]

Is this visual basic? 6? .NET? What are you using in the server? Winsock?

Please be more specific.

hi DigiRev

Yeah i'm using vb6 with winsock

right now i using a timer to see the time but i want to see if there a better way to do this.

thankx

[dilettante]

What do you mean by "packet?" People use this term a lot but it is meaningless with a TCP connection, which is a byte stream.

Just because a sender calls SendData 12 times does not mean the receiver will see 12 Data Arrival events. The receiver may see just 1, or 12, or 5, or 35. Buffering and segmentation can occur in many places between sender and receiver.

[lmf]

if the winsock arrival hit 12 times in 1second.

[dilettante]

So why isn't a Timer working for this? Should work fine.

[lmf]

oh I was wondering is there a better way to do it lol

[itzviper]

You could try setting a variable to hold the current timer value (lTimer1 = Timer) and then each time a data packet comes in have it check it against the current timer value, also storing the amout of packets have been recieved since the last check. Here's a quick example of what i mean:

Make a new standard exe, add a listbox and a command button. then put this code in.

'This will display a messagebox if more than 10 itmes are added in under 5 seconds without using a timer control.
 
Dim lMsgs As Long
Dim lTimer1 As Long, lTimer2 As Long
 
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    List1.AddItem lMsgs
    List1.ListIndex = List1.ListCount - 1
    lTimer2 = Timer
    lMsgs = lMsgs + 1
    
    If lMsgs >= 10 Then
        If (lTimer2 - lTimer1) <= 5 Then
            MsgBox lMsgs & " messages have arrived in under 5 seconds."
            lTimer1 = Timer
            lMsgs = 0
        Else
            lTimer1 = Timer
            lMsgs = 0
        End If
    End If
    
End Sub
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
    lTimer1 = Timer
End Sub

I changed it to 10 messages in under 5 seconds so its is easier for testing. Hope that helps.