Connecting to Self

Networking and Multiplayer Programming

Started by Unconquerable July 05, 2006 11:16 PM

1 comment, last by Unconquerable 17 years, 9 months ago

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July 05, 2006 11:16 PM

I'm playing around wtih Johnnie's Winsock tutorials ( http://johnnie.jerrata.com/winsocktutorial/). I'm trying to connect to myself via the client while the host is running. So I'm using 127.0.0.1. But when i try to connect, i get a winsock error that the connection was refused? I'm new to this and was wondering if anyone could help. Thanks.

hplus0603

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July 06, 2006 03:24 AM

You're probably connecting to the wrong port. The server needs to bind to a known port (say, 54321), and the client needs to connect to that specific port. 127.0.0.1 is like a street name ("your computer") -- you also need the right house number to connect.

Btw: ports should be passed through htons() before being passed to bind() or connect().

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Unconquerable

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July 06, 2006 03:10 PM

Thanks that worked.