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Old 12-25-2012, 11:25 PM   #1
lohith.nayak
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Invalid return value for "sendto" socket function


Hello,

I am using Ubuntu 10.04 on virtual box. (Host OS : Windows XP)
I am trying to send UDP packets to another machine using socket programming.
Here is a piece of code.



Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>


//#define SRC_IP_ADDR	0x87246EFB
#define SRC_IP_ADDR	0x0A00020F
#define DST_IP_ADDR	0x8724B48C


struct in_addr  macLocalIP ; /* MAC local IP address */
unsigned short int   macLocalPort          = 3001;      /* MAC local UDP port */
unsigned short int   macRemotePort          = 3000;      /* MAC local UDP port */
struct sockaddr_in x_sockaddr_in;
struct sockaddr_in x_sockaddr_out;
ssize_t ret_x_r;



TxSocket()
{
	char temp_buf[1024];
	
	macXsocket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
	if(macXsocket < 0 )
	{
		printf("\n Socket creation is failed \n");
		return -1;
	}
	printf("\n Socket creation is successful: %x",macXsocket);
	
      macLocalIP.s_addr =  SRC_IP_ADDR;
      x_sockaddr_in.sin_family= AF_INET;
      x_sockaddr_in.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(SRC_IP_ADDR);
	x_sockaddr_in.sin_port = htonl(macLocalPort);
	macXbind = bind( macXsocket,
			 (const struct sockaddr *) &x_sockaddr_in,
			 sizeof(x_sockaddr_in)
		       );

	if(macXbind < 0 )
	{
		printf("\n Binding is failed \n");
		printf("Error =%s, %x\n", strerror(errno), errno);
		return -1;
	}
	printf("\n Binding is successful: %x",macXbind);

	x_sockaddr_out.sin_family= AF_INET;
	x_sockaddr_out.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(DST_IP_ADDR);
	x_sockaddr_out.sin_port = htonl(macRemotePort);
	bzero(&(x_sockaddr_out.sin_zero),8);
	printf("\n size of socket = %x",sizeof(x_sockaddr_out));

	while(1){
	ret_x_r = sendto(macXsocket,
			(const void *) &temp_buf[0],
			1024,
			0,
			(const struct sockaddr *) &x_sockaddr_out,
			sizeof(x_sockaddr_out));
		
	if(ret_x_r < 0)
	{
		printf("Error =%s, %x\n", strerror(errno), errno);
	}

	sleep(10);
	}

Here, sendto function always returns "-1" and printed error message is "Error =Invalid argument, 16"

I cross verified the parameter values, it seems to be fine. Could anybody point me if I am doing anything wrong here???

Thanks in advance.
 
Old 12-26-2012, 02:19 PM   #2
nini09
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You don't need bind source IP address.
 
Old 12-27-2012, 12:29 AM   #3
lohith.nayak
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I commented out "Bind function".
Yet Sendto function returns "Error =Invalid argument, 16".

I was able to run this code successfully on PC where LINUX is host OS.
 
Old 12-27-2012, 02:20 PM   #4
nini09
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Change code like this.

Original code:
x_sockaddr_out.sin_family= AF_INET;
x_sockaddr_out.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(DST_IP_ADDR);
x_sockaddr_out.sin_port = htonl(macRemotePort);
bzero(&(x_sockaddr_out.sin_zero),8);

New code
bzero(&x_sockaddr_out,sizeof(x_sockaddr_out))
x_sockaddr_out.sin_family= AF_INET;
x_sockaddr_out.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(DST_IP_ADDR);
x_sockaddr_out.sin_port = htonl(macRemotePort);
 
  


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