TCP Help

[Lloyd Snyder]

I seem to be having a bit of a problem. When I'm connected
to the internet, my computer has about 3 IP addresses. I'm trying
to write a server and only the second IP address can be used
(The one that was assigned to me by my ISP).

I use:

TCP OPEN SERVER PORT %PORT AS SocketHandle

The problem is that using the command above, opens the
server using the first IP address, I've done a couple of test,
and the first IP is only accessible from the local computer. I'm
guessing it's my IP for a home network or something (Although, I
don't have a home network).

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[Nathan Evans]

Lloyd,

Try this:

LOCAL ip AS LONG
      HOST ADDR "127.0.0.1" TO ip 'this is the ip to bind to!
      TCP OPEN SERVER ADDR ip PORT %PORT AS SocketHandle

- Nathan.

[Lance Edmonds]

To clarify the syntax of the TCP OPEN statement a little for you:

[b]As a client:[/b]
TCP OPEN {PORT [i]p&[/i] | [i]srvc$[/i]} AT [i]host$[/i] AS [#] [i]fnum&[/i] [TIMEOUT [i]timeoutval&[/i]]

[b]As a Server:[/b]
TCP OPEN SERVER [ADDR [i]ip&[/i]] {PORT [i]p&[/i] | [i]srvc$[/i]} AS [#] [i]fnum&[/i] [TIMEOUT [i]timeoutval&[/i]]

Also, timeoutval& is specified in seconds (contrary to what the help file says).

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Lance
PowerBASIC Support
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