Creating Discoverable Network Resources (.NET)

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Is it possible to create a discoverable network resource in .NET?

What I would like to acheive is a means of auto discovery for applications that run on a private network. The architecture will be similar to a client / server application, however the server could be any computer on the network. While the client would not be aware of the specific IP address that would be the server.

I assume I would need some form of multicast, however not having used multicasting before I don't even know where to start.

I guess when the client starts up it would broadcast an "is anyone there" message. Then each server could respond with details of their IP for future communication.

Many Thanks, Ady

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