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[Herbert Danler]

IPAddress.cpp:
const IpAddress& IpAddress::getLocalIpAddress()
the following call
localIpAddress->set( Host::getLocalhost().getName() );
and the subsequent call of
long addr = ::inet_addr(string.c_str());
leads to an Network Error on all systems where the
hostname is not equivalent to the IP-Address.

[Gerard J. Cerchio]

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Thanks Herbert,

I am not sure what you mean by "hostname is not equivalent
to the IP-Address". What OS('s) are you performing this
test on? How do I duplicate this error?

[Herbert Danler]

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Hello Gerard,

I'm working on Windows XP in a company network. The host
name (visible in system/computername) is a string, whereas
the IP address is assigned via DHCP on startup.
The call to Host::getLocalhost().getName() therefore results in
a string like e.g. myhost.
If that string is consecutively passed to inet_addr, which
expects an IP-address, the described error occurs.

The problem should therefore be easily reproducable in
Windows environments.

HTH

[Gerard J. Cerchio]

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Hi Herbert,

Thanks for the reply. sounds like the fix is pretty easy,
if you are going to implement it will you send me the diff?
If you are not going to implement it, please give let me
know the error code that is being returned and I shall
endeavor to make a patch.

Gerard