// This can be used under Win 9x, too!
struct hostent *hp;
struct sockaddr_in serv_addr;
- int sockfd;
m_IsOnline = 0; // assume false
if((hp = gethostbyname(m_BeaconHost)) == NULL)
return; // no DNS no net
-
- serv_addr.sin_family = hp->h_addrtype;
+
+ serv_addr.sin_family = hp->h_addrtype;
memcpy(&serv_addr.sin_addr,hp->h_addr, hp->h_length);
- serv_addr.sin_port = htons(m_BeaconPort);
- if( ( sockfd = socket(hp->h_addrtype, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
- {
+ serv_addr.sin_port = htons(m_BeaconPort);
+
+ // PING method:
+
+ int sockfd;
+ if( ( sockfd = socket(hp->h_addrtype, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
+ {
// sys_error("cannot create socket for gw");
return;
}
- // PING method:
-
- if(sendto(sockfd, "hello", strlen("hello"), /* flags */ 0,
- (struct sockaddr *)&serv_addr,
+
+ if(sendto(sockfd, "hello",
+ strlen("hello"), /* flags */ 0,
+ (struct sockaddr *) &serv_addr,
sizeof(serv_addr)) == -1)
+ {
+ close(sockfd);
return;
-#if 0
+ }
+#if 0
if( connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0)
{
//sys_error("cannot connect to server");
return;
}
//connected!
- close(sockfd);
#endif
+ close(sockfd);
m_IsOnline = TRUE;
}