inet_addr

inet_addr converts an IPv4 address in dotted-decimal notation, for instance “192.168.124.1”, to a numerical address in network byte order.

Syntax

char* FAR inet_ntoa(
    struct in_addr in
);

Parameters

in

An address of a character string representing the address in dotted-decimal notation.

Return Value

If the function succeeds, the converted address is a u32 in network byte order. If the string does not represent a valid IPv4 address in dotted-decimal notation, it returns 0xFFFFFFFF.