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+#ifndef NETWORK_CORE_H
+#define NETWORK_CORE_H
+
+// Network stuff has many things that needs to be included
+//  by default. All those things are in this file.
+
+// =============================
+// Include standard stuff per OS
+
+// Windows stuff
+#if defined(WIN32)
+#	include <windows.h>
+#	include <winsock2.h>
+#	include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#	pragma comment (lib, "ws2_32.lib")
+#	define ENABLE_NETWORK // On windows, the network is always enabled
+#	define GET_LAST_ERROR() WSAGetLastError()
+#	define EWOULDBLOCK WSAEWOULDBLOCK
+// Windows has some different names for some types..
+typedef SSIZE_T ssize_t;
+typedef unsigned long in_addr_t;
+typedef INTERFACE_INFO IFREQ;
+#endif // WIN32
+
+// UNIX stuff
+#if defined(UNIX)
+#	define SOCKET int
+#	define INVALID_SOCKET -1
+typedef struct ifreq IFREQ;
+#	if !defined(__MORPHOS__) && !defined(__AMIGA__)
+#		define ioctlsocket ioctl
+#	if !defined(BEOS_NET_SERVER)
+#		define closesocket close
+#	endif
+#		define GET_LAST_ERROR() (errno)
+#	endif
+// Need this for FIONREAD on solaris
+#	define BSD_COMP
+
+// Includes needed for UNIX-like systems
+#	include <unistd.h>
+#	include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#	if defined(__BEOS__) && defined(BEOS_NET_SERVER)
+#		include <be/net/socket.h>
+#		include <be/kernel/OS.h> // snooze()
+#		include <be/net/netdb.h>
+		typedef unsigned long in_addr_t;
+#		define INADDR_NONE INADDR_BROADCAST
+#	else
+#		include <sys/socket.h>
+#		include <netinet/in.h>
+#		include <netinet/tcp.h>
+#		include <arpa/inet.h>
+#		include <net/if.h>
+#		include <ifaddrs.h>
+// If for any reason ifaddrs.h does not exist on a system, remove define below
+//   and an other system will be used to fetch ips from the system
+#		define HAVE_GETIFADDRS
+#	endif // BEOS_NET_SERVER
+#	include <errno.h>
+#	include <sys/time.h>
+#	include <netdb.h>
+#endif // UNIX
+
+// MorphOS and Amiga stuff
+#if defined(__MORPHOS__) || defined(__AMIGA__)
+#	include <exec/types.h>
+#	include <proto/exec.h>		// required for Open/CloseLibrary()
+#	if defined(__MORPHOS__)
+#		include <sys/filio.h> 	// FION#? defines
+#	else // __AMIGA__
+#		include	<proto/socket.h>
+#	endif
+
+// Make the names compatible
+#	define closesocket(s) CloseSocket(s)
+#	define GET_LAST_ERROR() Errno()
+#	define ioctlsocket(s,request,status) IoctlSocket((LONG)s,(ULONG)request,(char*)status)
+
+	struct Library *SocketBase = NULL;
+#endif // __MORPHOS__ || __AMIGA__
+
+#endif // NETWORK_CORE_H