Bind to 127.0.0.1

[Nathan Evans]

How do i bind a TCP server port to 127.0.0.1. I've been trying to use
TCP OPEN SERVER ADDR, but it seems to want a Long, not a string.

So which API do i use to convert the dotted-IP?

Ta very much.

- Nathan

[Lance Edmonds]

You should be able to use the HOST ADDR statement, of just convert it directly:

HOST ADDR "127.0.0.1" TO ip&

or use

ip& = &H0100007F

as derived by:
01 = 1
00 = 0
00 = 0
7F = 127

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[Nathan Evans]

Solved.

         LOCAL ip AS LONG
         hSock = FREEFILE
         HOST ADDR "127.0.0.1" TO ip
         TCP OPEN SERVER ADDR ip PORT 400 AS hSock TIMEOUT 90

I was unaware that HOST ADDR... had to output to a variable in such
a way. I was calling it like: TCP OPEN SERVER HOST ADDR "127.0.0.1"....
which wasn't working.

Thanks.

- Nath