Using Apache as a non html server

[Maximus]

Hi guys,

do any of you perhaps have experience in using Apache Web server as a non web page UDP based server?

Basically what we want to do is have our units out in the field connect via UDP over GPRS to our server. Currently we have small yet unstable little Java server doing this. I'm thinking off writing an extension for Apache to handle the incomming/outgoing requests to and from the units. We will eventually have thousands of these units connecting to the server via GPRS. Currently it works via SMS but its costing a fortune, hence the reason for switching over to GPRS.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

 

[Maximus]

Nevermind. Since we are still in the development phase our hardware guys will implement some basic http stuff and we can then just use PHP or something on the server side.

 

[Maximus]

Just in case there are any issues, can Apache be used for a custom request/response based protocol other than http?

 

[Nod]

You can use php for socket type connections. Look at the manual for more info.

 

[thisgeek]

Just write a daemon in perl.