Using winsocks

Server

#include <WinSock2.h>
#include <iostream>
#pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32.lib")


int main() {

	//Winsock Startup
	WSAData wsaData;

	WORD DllVersion = MAKEWORD(2, 1);
	if(WSAStartup(DllVersion, &wsaData) != 0) //If it returns anything other than 0 that means an error occured
	{
		MessageBoxA(NULL, "Winsock startup failed", "Error", MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
		exit(1);
	}

	SOCKADDR_IN addr; //Address that we will bind our listening socket to
	int addrlen = sizeof(addr); //length of the address (required for accept call)
	addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr("127.0.0.1"); //Boradcast locally
	addr.sin_port = htons(1111); //Port
	addr.sin_family = AF_INET; //IPv4 Socket

	SOCKET sListen = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 1); //Create socket to listen to new Connections
	bind(sListen, (SOCKADDR*)&addr, sizeof(addr)); //Bind the address to the socket
	listen(sListen, SOMAXCONN); //Places sListen socket in a  state in which it is listening for an incoming connection NOTE: SOMAXCONN = Socket Outstanding Max Connections

	SOCKET newConnection; //Socket to hold the client's connection
	newConnection = accept(sListen, (SOCKADDR*)&addr, &addrlen); // Accept a new connection

	if(newConnection == 0) //If accepting the client connection failed
	{
		std::cout << "Failed to accept the client's connection." << std::endl;
	} else { // if the client connection is properly accepted
		std::cout << "Client Connected!" << std::endl;
	}

	system("pause");

	return 0;
}