WSPGetPeerName function

The WSPGetPeerName function gets the address of the peer to which a socket is connected.

Syntax

int WSPGetPeerName(
  _In_    SOCKET          s,
  _Out_   struct sockaddr *name,
  _Inout_ LPINT           namelen,
  _Out_   LPINT           lpErrno
);

Parameters

  • s [in]
    Descriptor identifying a connected socket.

  • name [out]
    Pointer to the sockaddr structure to receive the name of the peer.

  • namelen [in, out]
    On input, pointer to an integer that indicates the size of the structure pointed to by name, in bytes. On output, indicates the size of the returned name, in bytes.

  • lpErrno [out]
    Pointer to the error code.

Return value

If no error occurs, WSPGetPeerName returns zero. Otherwise, a value of SOCKET_ERROR is returned, and a specific error code is available in lpErrno.

Error code Meaning
WSAENETDOWN

The network subsystem has failed.

WSAEFAULT

The name or the namelen parameter is not a valid part of the user address space, or the namelen parameter is too small.

WSAEINPROGRESS

Function is invoked when a callback is in progress.

WSAENOTCONN

Socket is not connected.

WSAENOTSOCK

The descriptor is not a socket.

 

 

Remarks

The WSPGetPeerName function supplies the name of the peer connected to the socket s and stores it in the structure sockaddr referenced by name. It can be used only on a connected socket. For datagram sockets, only the name of a peer specified in a previous WSPConnect call will be returned—any name specified by a previous WSPSendTo call will not be returned by WSPGetPeerName.

On return, the namelen parameter contains the actual size of the name returned in bytes.

Requirements

Minimum supported client

Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]

Minimum supported server

Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]

Header

Ws2spi.h

See also

WSPBind

WSPGetSockName

WSPSocket