getting connection timeout of socket function - c++

Question

I am very new to networking,i am trying to open a socket and get a file from a server.
I am getting connection timeout error 100060.
my code is:-
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <windows.h>
#include <winsock2.h>
#include <ws2tcpip.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
// Need to link with Ws2_32.lib, Mswsock.lib, and Advapi32.lib
#pragma comment (lib, "Ws2_32.lib")
#pragma comment (lib, "Mswsock.lib")
#pragma comment (lib, "AdvApi32.lib")
#define DEFAULT_BUFLEN 512
#define DEFAULT_PORT "27015"
int __cdecl main(int argc, char **argv)
{
WSADATA wsaData;
SOCKET ConnectSocket = INVALID_SOCKET;
struct addrinfo *result = NULL,
*ptr = NULL,
hints;
char *sendbuf = "this is a test";
char recvbuf[DEFAULT_BUFLEN];
int iResult;
int recvbuflen = DEFAULT_BUFLEN;
// Validate the parameters
if (argc != 1) {
printf("usage: %s server-name\n", argv[0]);
return 1;
}
// Initialize Winsock
iResult = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsaData);
if (iResult != 0) {
printf("WSAStartup failed with error: %d\n", iResult);
return 1;
}
ZeroMemory( &hints, sizeof(hints) );
hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;
// Resolve the server address and port
iResult = getaddrinfo("74.125.236.83", DEFAULT_PORT, &hints, &result);
if ( iResult != 0 ) {
printf("getaddrinfo failed with error: %d\n", iResult);
WSACleanup();
return 1;
}
// Attempt to connect to an address until one succeeds
for(ptr=result; ptr != NULL ;ptr=ptr->ai_next) {
// Create a SOCKET for connecting to server
ConnectSocket = socket(ptr->ai_family, ptr->ai_socktype,
ptr->ai_protocol);
printf("inside loop\n");
if (ConnectSocket == INVALID_SOCKET) {
printf("socket failed with error: %ld\n", WSAGetLastError());
WSACleanup();
return 1;
}
// Connect to server.
iResult = connect( ConnectSocket, ptr->ai_addr, (int)ptr->ai_addrlen);
printf("%d\n",ptr->ai_addrlen);
if (iResult == SOCKET_ERROR) {
printf("socket error\n");
printf("shutdown failed with error: %d\n", WSAGetLastError());
closesocket(ConnectSocket);
ConnectSocket = INVALID_SOCKET;
continue;
}
break;
}
freeaddrinfo(result);
if (ConnectSocket == INVALID_SOCKET) {
printf("Unable to connect to server!\n");
WSACleanup();
return 1;
}
// Send an initial buffer
iResult = send( ConnectSocket, sendbuf, (int)strlen(sendbuf), 0 );
if (iResult == SOCKET_ERROR) {
printf("send failed with error: %d\n", WSAGetLastError());
closesocket(ConnectSocket);
WSACleanup();
return 1;
}
printf("Bytes Sent: %ld\n", iResult);
// shutdown the connection since no more data will be sent
iResult = shutdown(ConnectSocket, SD_SEND);
if (iResult == SOCKET_ERROR) {
printf("shutdown failed with error: %d\n", WSAGetLastError());
closesocket(ConnectSocket);
WSACleanup();
return 1;
}
// Receive until the peer closes the connection
do {
iResult = recv(ConnectSocket, recvbuf, recvbuflen, 0);
if ( iResult > 0 )
printf("Bytes received: %d\n", iResult);
else if ( iResult == 0 )
printf("Connection closed\n");
else
printf("recv failed with error: %d\n", WSAGetLastError());
} while( iResult > 0 );
// cleanup
closesocket(ConnectSocket);
WSACleanup();
return 0;
}

Answer 1

Have you tried using AF_INET instead of AF_UNSPEC?
Maybe you should printf() the values in results, especially ptr->ai_addr, to make sure the resolution went fine.
And obviously check that a server is listen()ing and accept()ing on the other side; did you prove it, with, for instance:
telnet 74.125.236.83:27015

Answer 2

In this line:
// Attempt to connect to an address until one succeeds
for(ptr=result; ptr != NULL ;ptr=ptr->ai_next) {
you are initializing ptr to result. But result is never being set to a value != NULL, so the loop exits immediately.
From your code, it seems to me that you meant:
// Attempt to connect to an address until one succeeds
for(ptr=hints; ptr != NULL ;ptr=ptr->ai_next) {