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title: "Wiznet 5100 as a server"
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category: "Ethernet Chips"
author: "orich"
created: "2014-10-01T13:08:12+09:00"
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# Wiznet 5100 as a server

## Question

Asked by orich on 2014-10-01 in Ethernet Chips.

hello everyone,
i use my wiznet as a server and i like to know if i can talk with multiply clients on the same socket or only with one client at the time?
if no,
what will my wiznet suppost to answere to a new client that try to communicate with a busy socket?

thanks .

## Replies

### Reply 1 by hjjeon0608, 2014-10-01

Hi,

If TCP, one server has one client. But UDP one server can receive several client data.
It is protocol, so anybody cannot change it.

Thanks.

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