ip address using getaddrinfo()

hello,

i was able to get ip address using gethostname and gethostbyname functions but since they are now superseded by getaddrinfo() i wanted to get ip address using this function.

here is my code:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>


int main(int argc, char **argv) { 


int status; 
struct addrinfo hints, *p; 
struct addrinfo *servinfo; 
char ipstr[INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
char hostname[128];


memset(&hints, 0, sizeof hints); 


hints.ai_family   = AF_UNSPEC;    
hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;  
hints.ai_flags    = AI_PASSIVE;  


gethostname(hostname, 128);


if ((status = getaddrinfo(hostname, NULL, &hints, &servinfo)) == -1) { 
    fprintf(stderr, "getaddrinfo error: %s\n", gai_strerror(status)); 
    exit(1); 
}       


for (p=servinfo; p!=NULL; p=p->ai_next) { 
    struct in_addr  *addr;  
    if (p->ai_family == AF_INET) { 
        struct sockaddr_in *ipv = (struct sockaddr_in *)p->ai_addr; 
        addr = &(ipv->sin_addr);  
    } 
    else { 
        struct sockaddr_in6 *ipv6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)p->ai_addr; 
        addr = (struct in_addr *) &(ipv6->sin6_addr); 
    }
        inet_ntop(p->ai_family, addr, ipstr, sizeof ipstr); 
 
} 
  
    printf("Address: %s\n", ipstr);
    freeaddrinfo(servinfo); 


return 0;


 }

let me know if i am doing anything wrong. the ip address i am getting is 127.0.1.1 (not 127.0.0.1)/ i know 127.0.0.1 is the localhost ip address and not the actual ip address but i do not know what 127.0.1.1 is referring to. the ip address that i was expecting was: 192.168.1.107

wud really appreciate some help

127.0.1.1 is also a loopback address. The whole 127.0.0.0/8 network points to the local host.

so is there any other way of getting my actual ip address from my code?? i do not know what i am missing!!

You can look into the getifaddrs function. It's not standard (not in POSIX) but it can be found on many *nix systems.

I can't say what's available in the Windows world if that's what you need.

nope, i am in the linux world right now!!

just one ques: i want to implement a client and server program and want to run client and server one two separate computers. will this loopback address be an issue when the client is trying send data to server?? will the server still be able to receive data or send data to the client?