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Use the WINSOCK gethostbyaddr() or the asynchronous version WSAAsyncGetHostByAddr().
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Use the WINSOCK gethostbyaddr() or the asynchronous version WSAAsyncGetHostByAddr().

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If I have a dotted ip address (say 192.168.40.10) how to I use the gethostbyaddr function. MSDN is not very specific on how to do this.
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If I have a dotted ip address (say 192.168.40.10) how to I use the gethostbyaddr function. MSDN is not very specific on how to do this.

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Thanks very much. MSDN is not very specific about this stuff<br />

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Thanks very much. MSDN is not very specific about this stuff


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I am writing a log file analyser and I want to resolve the IP address into a Hostname. How do I do this?<br />
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I will be using Visual C.<br />

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I am writing a log file analyser and I want to resolve the IP address into a Hostname. How do I do this?

I will be using Visual C.


Retreiving the Hostname from an IP Address

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