The following code is from http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2007/10/unix-networking-sockets-udp-transmitter.html, It runs fine on localhost but when I change it to my ip it gives the error
bind(): Can't assign requested address
I have been searching for a solution for a few hours so any help would be great
int main(void)
{
struct sockaddr_in sin;
char msg[10000];
int ret;
int sin_length;
int s;
s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
if(!s)
{
perror("socket()");
return 0;
}
sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
sin.sin_port = htons(65000);
sin.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr("24.212.11.211"); // ---------------- This line ----------------
if(bind(s, (struct sockaddr *)&sin, sizeof(sin)))
{
perror("bind()");
return 1;
}
do // I think the following might be a problem
{
sin_length = sizeof(sin);
ret = recvfrom(s, msg, 10000, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&sin, (socklen_t*) &sin_length);
//Waits until a message is recieved...
printf("Message[%s:%d] : %s\n",
inet_ntoa(sin.sin_addr), sin.sin_port,msg);
}
while(msg[0]!='0');
close(s);
return 0;
}