Socket communication among multiple Raspberry Pis

[thesisPi20]

Hi all,

As the title says, I need to create a system with multiple Raspberry Pis that the Pis can send simple socket messages among them. Do you have any suggestion how I can start this? Here are what I thought I can do:
1) Setup a mesh network and then start socket messaging.
2) Use TCP connection to start socket messaging without setting up a mesh network. I found sources mostly between PC and the Pi. No luck Pi-Pi so far.

Do you guys have any suggestions where I can start? I will appreciate any hint and help!

[B.Goode]

Hi all,

As the title says, I need to create a system with multiple Raspberry Pis that the Pis can send simple socket messages among them. Do you have any suggestion how I can start this? Here are what I thought I can do:
1) Setup a mesh network and then start socket messaging.
2) Use TCP connection to start socket messaging without setting up a mesh network. I found sources mostly between PC and the Pi. No luck Pi-Pi so far.

Do you guys have any suggestions where I can start? I will appreciate any hint and help!

Do you have to implement this with your own low-level socket code?

If you can re-use the efforts of others, MQTT seems like a good fit for your requirement.

[jahboater]

2) Use TCP connection to start socket messaging without setting up a mesh network. I found sources mostly between PC and the Pi. No luck Pi-Pi so far.

Pi-Pi should be the same. The Pi wont know the difference been another Pi and a PC.

The basic documentation for Linux sockets is actually pre-installed with Raspbian.
Just type "man socket" to start ...

[knute]

Hi all,

As the title says, I need to create a system with multiple Raspberry Pis that the Pis can send simple socket messages among them. Do you have any suggestion how I can start this?

Are you talking messages as in data acq/dist or text messages for humans?