UDP connect: Can't assign requested address or "how to determine the outgoing IP address?"

Wed Oct 22 20:06:08 PDT 2003

On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 07:53:10PM -0700, Lev Walkin wrote:
> Everything's fine apart from one thing: connect() does not like to
> connect to places with destination port equal to zero.

> /*
>  * This will do. Note that it assumes AF_INET.
>  */
> ((struct sockaddr_in *)res->ai_addr)->sin_port = htons(80);

Many many many thanks for this! You're a champ!

Edwin, will never forgot this lesson.

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