bool	request_connection( char* ip_address, int port)
{
	SOCKADDR_IN saRemote;
	LPHOSTENT lpHostEntry;
	
	////making remoteSocket a stream tcp type
	remoteSocket = socket( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP );   
	if ( remoteSocket == INVALID_SOCKET )
		error_log<<"could not create stream socket"<<endl;
	///now getting address to connect to...
	lpHostEntry = gethostbyname( ip_address );
	if (lpHostEntry == NULL)
		error_log<<"could not find host"<<endl;		
	///filling in fields for address structure...
	saRemote.sin_family = AF_INET;
	saRemote.sin_addr = *((LPIN_ADDR)*lpHostEntry->h_addr_list);								
	saRemote.sin_port = htons( port );	
	//trying to connect to server...
	if( connect(remoteSocket, (LPSOCKADDR)&saRemote, sizeof(struct sockaddr)) != SOCKET_ERROR )
	{
		error_log<< "--Connected on server--" << endl;
		connected_to_server = true;
		return true;
	}
	else	
		return false;
}