Thread: Changing SOCKADDR_IN Real-Time :: Winsock

Hi.

I am working on a simple message program via IP and TCP protocols. Right now, I ininitialize a listening socket on a default (I set at 21). The user can change the port anytime; however, the actual SOCKADDR_IN that was binded with the listening socket is working on the default port.

Is there a way to modify the port in a SOCKADDR_IN in real-time? Do I have to close the listening sock and bind it with a new SOCKADDR_IN with the new port?

Thanks,
Kuphryn

P.S. From my experience with ftp servers and clients, I believe you have to "reconnect." Thus I believe you have to close whatever socket and start over. I would like to make sure that is true.

Okay. Thanks.

One last question.

Let say you create a listening sock at port 21. Okay. Now let say a user logs on and everything works well. Now, let say you go and change the server port. Afterward, you disconnect the server (close it). Uponing disconnecting the server I assume you close the both the listening socket and the accept socket (disconnect the user as well). Is it possible to reuse both the listening sock and accept socket? In other words, once you call closesocket(...) on one or more sockets, is it possible to reuse them, i.e:

// listeningsock(used) = WSASocket(...);
// bind(listeningsock...);
// listen(...);

Kuphryn