nodejs tcp broadcast

broadcast.js

var net = require('net');
var sockets = [];
var port = 8000;
var remoteHost = "127.0.0.1";
var remotePort = 1234;

var server = net.createServer(function(socket) {

    socket.name = socket.remoteAddress + ":" + socket.remotePort 

    sockets.push(socket);

    // Log it to the server output
    console.log(socket.name + ' joined to broadcasr.');

    socket.write("Welcome to telnet chat!\n");

    // When client leaves
    socket.on('end', function() {

        console.log(socket.name + " left the broadcast.\n");

        // Remove client from socket array
        sockets.splice(sockets.indexOf(socket), 1);

    });


    // When socket gets errors
    socket.on('error', function(error) {

        console.log('Socket got problems: ', error.message);

    });
});


// Listening for any problems with the server
server.on('error', function(error) {

    console.log("So we got problems!", error.message);

});

var serviceSocket = net.connect(parseInt(remotePort), remoteHost, function () {

    console.log('Connected to remote');

});

serviceSocket.on("data", function (data) {

    // If there are no sockets, then don't broadcast any messages
    if (sockets.length === 0) {
        return;
    }

    // If there are clients remaining then broadcast message
    sockets.forEach(function(socket, index, array){
        socket.write(data);
    });

});

// Listen for a port to telnet to
// then in the terminal just run 'telnet localhost [port]'
server.listen(port, function() {

    console.log("Server listening at localhost:" + port);

});