Small socket work

Posted 25 December 2011 - 03:51 PM

I am trying to set up a client/server relationship, so I can eventually send a message to the server, and then each client will receive the message sent. I currently have the following code:

Server.cs

/*
 * Created by SharpDevelop.
 * User: Shannon
 * Date: 12/26/2011
 * Time: 9:32 AM
 * 
 * To change this template use Tools | Options | Coding | Edit Standard Headers.
 */
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;

namespace Server
{
	class Program
	{
		public static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			IPAddress ip = IPAddress.Parse("127.0.0.1");
			int port = 2222;
			byte[] buffer = new byte[256];
			
			IPEndPoint IPe = new IPEndPoint(ip, port);
			
			Socket sock = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
			sock.Bind(IPe);
			sock.Listen(0);
			sock.Accept();
			sock.Receive(buffer, 256, SocketFlags.None);
			sock.Send(buffer, 256, SocketFlags.None);
			sock.Close();
		}
	}
}

Client.cs

/*
 * Created by SharpDevelop.
 * User: Shannon
 * Date: 12/26/2011
 * Time: 9:01 AM
 * 
 * To change this template use Tools | Options | Coding | Edit Standard Headers.
 */
using System;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Net;

namespace Client
{
	class Program
	{
		public static void Main(string[] args)
		{	
			IPAddress ip = IPAddress.Parse("127.0.0.1");
			int port = 2222;
			byte[] buffer = new byte[256];
			
			EndPoint ep = new IPEndPoint(ip, port);
			
			Socket sock = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
			sock.Connect(ep);
			
			byte[] msg = Console.ReadLine(); // Can't convert from byte[] to string, not sure what to do.
			
			sock.Send(msg, 256, SocketFlags.None);
			sock.Receive(buffer, 256, SocketFlags.None);
			
			
			sock.Close();
		}
	}
}

I'm just having trouble with the input. I've tried to search up client/server examples, but nobody seems to be doing anything similar.