Send UDP packet to dest + specific Local port?

#1

I need to send a UDP packet to specified IP & port with Specified local/source port.

How do I do it ? this is what I want to work

sockets[0].socket = wip_UDPCreateOpts( evh_udp, &sockets[0],
						  WIP_COPT_PEER_STRADDR,	Globals.servername,
						  WIP_COPT_PEER_PORT,		PEER_PORT,
						  WIP_COPT_PORT,			LOCAL_PORT,
						  WIP_COPT_END);

case WIP_CEV_WRITE: // socket is writable

		wip_getOpts(ev->channel,
					  WIP_COPT_PEER_ADDR,	&sockets[0].PeerIPaddr,
					  WIP_COPT_BOUND,		&sockets[0].isbound,
					  WIP_COPT_END

			  	  	  );

error = wip_writeOpts( sockets[0].socket, "hello",5,
								WIP_COPT_PEER_ADDR,	sockets[0].PeerIPaddr,
								WIP_COPT_PEER_PORT,	PEER_PORT,
								WIP_COPT_PORT,		LOCAL_PORT,
								WIP_COPT_END);

However, after trying all permutations of UDP server sockets & client sockets, all I can say is that Server sockets only send from a “Bound” incoming port, ie you cannot send until received. & client sockets do not accept wip_writeOpts() - I’m trying to do a bit of both.

I am wrestling with this wip lib :imp: there is no consistent “philosophy” to it, everything works as per the examples/docs but deviate even slightly & it does not work. for example using the same code for multiple bound/unbound UDP sockets + TCP sockets.

wip_readOpts() nor wip_GetOpts() work on TCP client sockets
&
wip_read() does not work on UDP sockets

You cannot use wip_writeOpts() with a Server socket, despite secifying every thing, cause the “channel not ready” ie it wants the channel from an incoming packet/connection (does not exist yet)

#2

Hi

What exactly you mean by that? Have you checked out the return value you get in these cases?

#3

Anyone got more info on my question ?? How do you send a UDP packet with everything specced ? I am attempting to pierce firewalls.

Various return values like Invalid function, or invalid param (terms as I remember them). I realise that the documentation lists which functions work with which context, however they do not say which are incompatible. So in philosophical terms why should wip_readOpts() fail when used with a client socket ?? even if unnecessary ??

#4

Note that firewalls can be configured to simply block all UDP traffic…

#5

And this is helpful information ??, firewalls can also be setup to block port 80 :laughing:

Anyone on topic ?

#6

The point being, if the firewall is set to just block all UDP packets, then no amount of fiddling with your UDP sending options is going to get around that!

#7

back to the topic please :slight_smile: