Simple P2P network on C++ based on a standalone version of the famous ASIO library

How to run this project

There are 2 versions of the project currently on GitHub.

The simple and pretty version of the code is available on master branch. However, this program doesn't do "Peer-to-peer" in a sense that it is impossible for peers to find each other in the network.

The cumbersome and probably buggy code that works in peer-to-peer is available on wip branch. Peers in this program can ask for IP data of other peers and so can propose ommunication to each other.

1. Install modern compiler for C++ that supports the standard C++17
2. Install cmake
3. Run provided script CMakeLists.txt in command line. For example, Linux users can type:

> mkdir build
> cd build
> cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..

or

> cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..

4. Run make all
5. In your build directory, you'll get 2 executable files.

File peer is a user of the network. Run this program. In case of difficulty type h to get help. Follow the instructions on the screen.

File server is a server. Run this program in order to enable the communication of peers with each other.