Networking in minecraft

[seankingman]

I've always been fascinated with networks in Minecraft. My original idea was a network adaptor-ish thing which would link up 2 or more computers in close contact. Say I wanted to send something to another computer, I would implement a "Send" button that when pressed, would send the data to a buffer-ish thing. When the right computer is found (the receiver (which the sender specifies)) via an IP-like code system, it would send the data out in serial (one character at a time).

I haven't got around to designing and implementing this in Minecraft so I have no idea if it works.