pointers, hostent and gethostbyname

ok, having (more and more and more) pointer troubler this time its trying to get my IP but i can't seem to get even 1 out of the hostent.

i know that this returns one of multiple network adresses, but looping throught htem wron't be to hard once i manage to get 1 I suppose)

Code:

   char localName[256];
   LPHOSTENT localMachine;

   //geting host name for local 'puter
   gethostname(localName, sizeof(localName));

   //making a hostent with above name
   localMachine = gethostbyname(localName);

   //getting first adress 
   //HELP NEEDED HERE PLEASE =)
   char * addrList = *(localMachine->h_addr_list[0]);

   //print IP (hopefuly)
   MessageBox(NULL,addrList,"your adress is...",MB_OK);

i get a message box with garbage in it

TIA peeps

Fron the FAQ
printf("%s\n", inet_ntoa(*(struct in_addr *) h->h_addr_list[0]));

http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...=1045780608#01