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  • J jenya7

    @Christian-Ehrlicher said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

    So does it work now? If so please print out the errorString.

    to print it I added another argument

    soc_err = udp_1.Start("192.168.3.40", 8001, &err_str);
    
        if (soc_err)
        {
            qs = QString::number(soc_err);
            cout << "Socket 1 error - " << qs.toStdString() << std::endl;
            cout << err_str.toStdString();
        }
        else
        {
            cout << "Socket 1 OK\n";
        }
    

    It prints
    192.168.3.40
    172.16.1.118
    127.0.0.1
    Socket 1 error - -1
    Unknown error

    this way

    result = socket->bind(QHostAddress::Any, local_port);
    

    I also get
    Socket 1 error - -1
    Unknown error

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    @jenya7 said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

    172.16.1.118
    127.0.0.1

    Where do those two IPs come from? Please post your actual code and the real output. Also make sure the IPs you're using are correct (= your host has those IPs assigned)

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    • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

      @jenya7 said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

      172.16.1.118
      127.0.0.1

      Where do those two IPs come from? Please post your actual code and the real output. Also make sure the IPs you're using are correct (= your host has those IPs assigned)

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      #7

      @Christian-Ehrlicher said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

      @jenya7 said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

      172.16.1.118
      127.0.0.1

      Where do those two IPs come from? Please post your actual code and the real output. Also make sure the IPs you're using are correct (= your host has those IPs assigned)

      172.16.1.118 - is another network card. 127.0.0.1 - default local host.

      I changed for PC with only one network card.
      cmd->ipconfig
      Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

      Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
      Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::7d2a:547e:e90a:6e3e%12
      IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.1.139
      Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
      Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.1.1

      soc_err = udp_1.Start("172.16.1.139", 8001, &err_str);
      

      I get
      172.16.1.139
      127.0.0.1
      Socket 1 error - -1
      Unknown error

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      • J jenya7

        The bind method

        int UDP::Start(QString local_ip, quint16 local_port)
        {
            int result;
        
            //socket->reset();
            //socket->setProxy(QNetworkProxy::NoProxy);
                
            //result = socket->bind(QHostAddress::Any, local_port);
            result = socket->bind(QHostAddress(local_ip), local_port);
        
            QString err = socket->errorString();
        
            result = socket->error();
        
            return result;
        }
        

        In main

        int main(int argc, char *argv[])
        {
            QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);
        
            UDP udp_1 ;
        
            int soc_err;
            QString qs;
        
            QObject::connect(&udp_1, &UDP::ReadyForReader, &reader, &READER::ReadyForReader);
          
            GetNetInfo();
        
            soc_err = udp_1.Start("192.68.3.40", 8001);
        
            if (soc_err)
            {
                qs = QString::number(soc_err);
                cout << "Socket 1 error - " << qs.toStdString() << std::endl;
            }
            else
            {
                cout << "Socket 1 OK\n";
            }
        
            return a.exec();
        }
        

        I see in console
        192.168.3.40
        172.16.1.118
        127.0.0.1
        Socket 1 error - -1

        It sees the IP - 192.168.3.40 but I get an error. Why?

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        @jenya7 said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

        result = socket->bind(QHostAddress(local_ip), local_port);
        QString err = socket->errorString();
        result = socket->error();
        

        This code do not make sense to me, you have to check if operation was not successful before trying to find an error!
        There is no error code "Success" in QAbstractSocket::SocketError (cf. https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qabstractsocket.html#SocketError-enum).

        Please review your code.

        It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. (Sherlock Holmes)

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        • J jenya7

          @Christian-Ehrlicher said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

          @jenya7 said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

          172.16.1.118
          127.0.0.1

          Where do those two IPs come from? Please post your actual code and the real output. Also make sure the IPs you're using are correct (= your host has those IPs assigned)

          172.16.1.118 - is another network card. 127.0.0.1 - default local host.

          I changed for PC with only one network card.
          cmd->ipconfig
          Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

          Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
          Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::7d2a:547e:e90a:6e3e%12
          IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.1.139
          Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
          Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.1.1

          soc_err = udp_1.Start("172.16.1.139", 8001, &err_str);
          

          I get
          172.16.1.139
          127.0.0.1
          Socket 1 error - -1
          Unknown error

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          jsulm
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          @jenya7 Please connect a slot to https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qabstractsocket.html#errorOccurred and print the error there.

          https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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          • KroMignonK KroMignon

            @jenya7 said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

            result = socket->bind(QHostAddress(local_ip), local_port);
            QString err = socket->errorString();
            result = socket->error();
            

            This code do not make sense to me, you have to check if operation was not successful before trying to find an error!
            There is no error code "Success" in QAbstractSocket::SocketError (cf. https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qabstractsocket.html#SocketError-enum).

            Please review your code.

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            wrote on last edited by jenya7
            #10

            @KroMignon said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

            @jenya7 said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

            result = socket->bind(QHostAddress(local_ip), local_port);
            QString err = socket->errorString();
            result = socket->error();
            

            This code do not make sense to me, you have to check if operation was not successful before trying to find an error!
            There is no error code "Success" in QAbstractSocket::SocketError (cf. https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qabstractsocket.html#SocketError-enum).

            Please review your code.

            OK.

            int UDP::Start(QString local_ip, quint16 local_port, QString *err_str)
            {
                int result;
            
                //socket->reset();
                //socket->setProxy(QNetworkProxy::NoProxy);
            
                result = socket->bind(QHostAddress::Any, local_port);
                //result = socket->bind(QHostAddress(local_ip), local_port);
            
                if (result != 0)
                {
                    *err_str = socket->errorString();
                     result = socket->error();
                }
            
                return result;
            }
            

            So I get result = 1 after result = socket->bind(QHostAddress::Any, local_port);
            Should I trust to a returned result?

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            • jsulmJ jsulm

              @jenya7 Please connect a slot to https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qabstractsocket.html#errorOccurred and print the error there.

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              #11

              @jsulm said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

              @jenya7 Please connect a slot to https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qabstractsocket.html#errorOccurred and print the error there.

              can not do that.
              it's UDP socket, not Abstract socket. it has no errorOccurred signal.

              QUdpSocket *socket;

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              • J jenya7

                @KroMignon said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

                @jenya7 said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

                result = socket->bind(QHostAddress(local_ip), local_port);
                QString err = socket->errorString();
                result = socket->error();
                

                This code do not make sense to me, you have to check if operation was not successful before trying to find an error!
                There is no error code "Success" in QAbstractSocket::SocketError (cf. https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qabstractsocket.html#SocketError-enum).

                Please review your code.

                OK.

                int UDP::Start(QString local_ip, quint16 local_port, QString *err_str)
                {
                    int result;
                
                    //socket->reset();
                    //socket->setProxy(QNetworkProxy::NoProxy);
                
                    result = socket->bind(QHostAddress::Any, local_port);
                    //result = socket->bind(QHostAddress(local_ip), local_port);
                
                    if (result != 0)
                    {
                        *err_str = socket->errorString();
                         result = socket->error();
                    }
                
                    return result;
                }
                

                So I get result = 1 after result = socket->bind(QHostAddress::Any, local_port);
                Should I trust to a returned result?

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                KroMignon
                wrote on last edited by
                #12

                @jenya7 said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

                So I get result = 1 after result = socket->bind(QHostAddress::Any, local_port);
                Should I trust to a returned result?

                Please take time to read a little bit of documentation. This will save you many of your time. It is very easy with Qt Creator, you only have to hit F1 to get help for a function!

                QUdpSocket::bind() (cf. https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qabstractsocket.html#bind) will return a boolean:

                • true: success
                • false: error

                It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. (Sherlock Holmes)

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                • J jenya7

                  @jsulm said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

                  @jenya7 Please connect a slot to https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qabstractsocket.html#errorOccurred and print the error there.

                  can not do that.
                  it's UDP socket, not Abstract socket. it has no errorOccurred signal.

                  QUdpSocket *socket;

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                  Christian Ehrlicher
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                  @jenya7 said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

                  it's UDP socket, not Abstract socket.

                  QUdpSocket derives from QAbstractSocket...

                  udp_1.Start("192.168.3.40", 8001, &err_str);

                  You call Start() with an IP which you computer doesn't have according your ipconfig output above. This can't work. Also 172.16.1.118 is not your IP.

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                  • J jenya7

                    @jsulm said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

                    @jenya7 Please connect a slot to https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qabstractsocket.html#errorOccurred and print the error there.

                    can not do that.
                    it's UDP socket, not Abstract socket. it has no errorOccurred signal.

                    QUdpSocket *socket;

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                    KroMignon
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #14

                    @jenya7 said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

                    it's UDP socket, not Abstract socket. it has no errorOccurred signal.

                    QUpdSocket is based on QAbstractSocket, do you have C++ knowledge?
                    Do you know what subclassing means?

                    It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. (Sherlock Holmes)

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                    • KroMignonK KroMignon

                      @jenya7 said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

                      it's UDP socket, not Abstract socket. it has no errorOccurred signal.

                      QUpdSocket is based on QAbstractSocket, do you have C++ knowledge?
                      Do you know what subclassing means?

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                      @KroMignon said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

                      @jenya7 said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

                      it's UDP socket, not Abstract socket. it has no errorOccurred signal.

                      QUpdSocket is based on QAbstractSocket, do you have C++ knowledge?
                      Do you know what subclassing means?

                      QObject::connect(socket, &QAbstractSocket::error, this, &UDP::SocketError);
                      
                      void UDP::SocketError(QAbstractSocket::SocketError socketError)
                      {
                          qDebug() << "Socket Error: " << socketError;
                      }
                      

                      I get
                      error: no matching member function for call to 'connect'

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                      • J jenya7

                        @KroMignon said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

                        @jenya7 said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

                        it's UDP socket, not Abstract socket. it has no errorOccurred signal.

                        QUpdSocket is based on QAbstractSocket, do you have C++ knowledge?
                        Do you know what subclassing means?

                        QObject::connect(socket, &QAbstractSocket::error, this, &UDP::SocketError);
                        
                        void UDP::SocketError(QAbstractSocket::SocketError socketError)
                        {
                            qDebug() << "Socket Error: " << socketError;
                        }
                        

                        I get
                        error: no matching member function for call to 'connect'

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                        Christian Ehrlicher
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                        @jenya7 said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

                        QObject::connect(socket, &QAbstractSocket::error, this, &UDP::SocketError);

                        And again to lazy to hit 'F1': https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qabstractsocket-obsolete.html#error-1

                        Note: Signal error is overloaded in this class. To connect to this signal by using the function pointer syntax, Qt provides a convenient helper for obtaining the function pointer as shown in this example:

                        connect(abstractSocket, QOverload<QAbstractSocket::SocketError>::of(&QAbstractSocket::error),
                            [=](QAbstractSocket::SocketError socketError){ /* ... */ });
                        

                        Also this signal is deprecated - use errorOccurred() if possible (since Qt5.15)

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                        • J jenya7

                          @KroMignon said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

                          @jenya7 said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

                          it's UDP socket, not Abstract socket. it has no errorOccurred signal.

                          QUpdSocket is based on QAbstractSocket, do you have C++ knowledge?
                          Do you know what subclassing means?

                          QObject::connect(socket, &QAbstractSocket::error, this, &UDP::SocketError);
                          
                          void UDP::SocketError(QAbstractSocket::SocketError socketError)
                          {
                              qDebug() << "Socket Error: " << socketError;
                          }
                          

                          I get
                          error: no matching member function for call to 'connect'

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                          wrote on last edited by KroMignon
                          #17

                          @jenya7 said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

                          QObject::connect(socket, &QAbstractSocket::error, this, &UDP::SocketError);

                          This signal is called errorOccurred() and not error()

                          [EDIT] errorOccurred() has been added with Qt 5.15, if you are using an older Qt version, use code suggested by @Christian-Ehrlicher

                          It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. (Sherlock Holmes)

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                          • KroMignonK KroMignon

                            @jenya7 said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

                            So I get result = 1 after result = socket->bind(QHostAddress::Any, local_port);
                            Should I trust to a returned result?

                            Please take time to read a little bit of documentation. This will save you many of your time. It is very easy with Qt Creator, you only have to hit F1 to get help for a function!

                            QUdpSocket::bind() (cf. https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qabstractsocket.html#bind) will return a boolean:

                            • true: success
                            • false: error
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                            @KroMignon said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

                            @jenya7 said in Problem to bind a UDP socket.:

                            So I get result = 1 after result = socket->bind(QHostAddress::Any, local_port);
                            Should I trust to a returned result?

                            Please take time to read a little bit of documentation. This will save you many of your time. It is very easy with Qt Creator, you only have to hit F1 to get help for a function!

                            QUdpSocket::bind() (cf. https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qabstractsocket.html#bind) will return a boolean:

                            • true: success
                            • false: error

                            oops. sorry.

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