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Converts the string representation of a host name to its corresponding IP address using DNS service.

Files

dns-c.h/dns-c.c

Prototype

Arguments

host_name Pointer to the string representation of a host name.

Returned Values

IP address of the host, if no errors;

NET_IP_ADDR_NONE, otherwise.

Required Configuration

None.

Notes / Warnings

This function is a simplified version of BSD socket API’s gethostbyname(). Given a domain name, this function will first query a locally maintained cache and, if no match is found, it will issue a DNS query to retrieve the host’s IP address.

Example Usage

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