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Chapter 8 - TCP/IP Services / TCP/IP Services Reference

Constants and Data Types

Internet Host Information Structure

The OTInetStringToAddress function (page 8-40) returns IP addresses for a host in an internet host information structure. The internet host information structure is defined by the InetHostInfo data type.

struct InetHostInfo {
   InetDomainName name;
   InetHost       addrs[kMaxHostAddrs];
};

Field Description

name

The canonical name of the host. The canonical name is a fully qualified domain name that is not an alias.

addrs

Up to ten IP addresses associated with this host name. Only multihomed hosts have more than one IP address.