inet_aton and inet

inet_aton and inet_addr

Tags

programming

Top Forums Programming inet_aton and inet_addr

04-10-2010

Registered User

23, 0

Join Date: Sep 2008

Last Activity: 13 June 2012, 3:17 PM EDT

Location: bhubaneswar, india

Posts: 23

Thanks Given: 0

Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

inet_aton and inet_addr

wht is the difference between inet_aton and inet_addr function ??

lipun4u

View Public Profile for lipun4u

Find all posts by lipun4u

04-10-2010

Registered User

11,728, 1,345

Join Date: Feb 2004

Last Activity: 8 May 2020, 9:07 AM EDT

Location: NM

Posts: 11,728

Thanks Given: 903

Thanked 1,345 Times in 1,201 Posts

See beej's guide:
inet_ntoa(), inet_aton(), inet_addr

Plus, both of those calls only work on ipv4 addresses.

jim mcnamara

View Public Profile for jim mcnamara

Find all posts by jim mcnamara

Previous Thread | Next Thread

3 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Programming

warning: passing arg 1 of `inet_addr' makes pointer from integer without a cast

I use solaris10,following is tcp client code: #include "cliserv.h" int main(int argc,char argv){ struct sockaddr_in serv; char request,reply; int sockfd,n; if(argc!=2) err_quit("usage: tcpclient <IP address of server>"); if((sockfd=socket(PF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0))<0) ...

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Principle of inet_addr and inet_ntoa

hello, i have just started Socket programming and i come across functions inet_addr() which converts IP address to unsigned long and inet_ntoa() which converts unsigned long to IP address but dont understand on what formula/principle they do these conversions say for a given ip address can...

3. Programming

inet_addr() returns 0

Im trying to connect to a particular IP address and I'm tying to use gethostbyaddr() and inet_addr() to do this. However, when I tried using inet_addr(), I always get a return value of 0 when I tried to connect to "172.21.16.238". Hope someone here could help me on this. I already tried using inet_...

Programming