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I am facing an issue in my app that is analysing network packets. I
see that inet_ntoa function (defined in <arpa/inet.h> is not printing
correctly.

When I print (I have ip pointer variable populated), it prints
correctly:
printf(log_msg, "From %lu to %lu", (ip->ip_src).s_addr, (ip-
>ip_dest).s_addr);
//prints From 192.168.10.2 to 192.168.10.15

But when I print, it is printing src and dest ip same:
printf(log_msg, "From %s to %s", inet_ntoa(ip->ip_src), inet_ntoa(ip-
>ip_dest));
//prints From 192.168.10.2 to 192.168.10.2

Anything wrong here ?

-Satish

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wrote:
> I am facing an issue in my app that is analysing network packets. I
> see that inet_ntoa function (defined in <arpa/inet.h> is not printing
> correctly.
>
> When I print (I have ip pointer variable populated), it prints
> correctly:
> printf(log_msg, "From %lu to %lu", (ip->ip_src).s_addr, (ip-
>> ip_dest).s_addr);
> //prints From 192.168.10.2 to 192.168.10.15
>
> But when I print, it is printing src and dest ip same:
> printf(log_msg, "From %s to %s", inet_ntoa(ip->ip_src), inet_ntoa(ip-
>> ip_dest));
> //prints From 192.168.10.2 to 192.168.10.2
>
> Anything wrong here ?
>
> -Satish

Does that first comment specify what the call actually prints? The way
I understand those functions, the second call is correct and does what
you say, but the first one should not print dotted quads.

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On Jan 12, 9:28*am, satish.burn...@gmail.com wrote:
> I am facing an issue in my app that is analysing network packets. I
> see that inet_ntoa function (defined in <arpa/inet.h> is not printing
> correctly.
>
> When I print (I have ip pointer variable populated), it prints
> correctly:
> printf(log_msg, "From %lu to %lu", (ip->ip_src).s_addr, (ip->ip_dest).s_addr);
>
> //prints From 192.168.10.2 to 192.168.10.15
>
> But when I print, it is printing src and dest ip same:
> printf(log_msg, "From %s to %s", inet_ntoa(ip->ip_src), inet_ntoa(ip->ip_dest));
>
> //prints From 192.168.10.2 to 192.168.10.2
>

While details of inet_ntoa are not on topic in comp.lang.c (try
comp.unix.programmer), the problem here requires no detailed knowledge
of anything other than C. Where do you think inet_ntoa is putting the
string you are printing? You aren't providing a buffer, so it must be
providing it. You are calling the function twice (in an unspecified
order). The string printed will be that of the second call.

BTW, on my system at least the man page of inet_ntoa says all this
quite clearly.
And you might try "man inet_ntop" also, it solves this problem and
others for you.

-David