Setting UDP output port?

[m0khz]

New to Qt and enjoying the experience, however....

I'm having problems with UDP datagrams??? How do I bind to a known outgoing port?

First I setup a 'discovery receive socket' on port 30303.....

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//setup Discovery UDP socket on port 30303
discovery_udpSocket = new QUdpSocket(this);
discovery_udpSocket->bind(QHostAddress::Broadcast,30303);
connect(discovery_udpSocket, SIGNAL(readyRead()),this, SLOT(processPendingDatagrams()));
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Within the event handler for sending datagram I bind socket again

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// Bind udp socket to Artemis discovery port 30303
discovery_udpSocket = new QUdpSocket(this);
//discovery_udpSocket->bind(QHostAddress::Broadcast,30303); // I tried this as well
discovery_udpSocket->bind(30303);

// Create test data packet
// QByteArray datagram = "Message number : " + QByteArray::number(messageNo);
discovery_udpSocket->writeDatagram(datagram.data(), datagram.size(), QHostAddress::Broadcast,30303);

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When I run the application and run WireShark to analyse the datagrams, the outgoing port is being randomly set each time I send a datagram?

Any help appreciated :)

Kevin

[EDIT: code formatting, Volker]

[dangelog]

Would you mind formatting your code using the proper tags?

[m0khz]

EDIT:
deleted content as it was duplicate of the OP
please use the edit function to reformat the code (I've done that for you, this time)
Volker

[m0khz]

The reason for needing to know the source & destination ports is due to the fact
I'm using the MicroChip TCP/IP stack were the UDPOpen API Syntax is:

UDP_SOCKET UDPOpen(UDP_PORT localport, NODE_INFO *remoteNode, TCP_PORT remotePort)

where:

localPort [in] = Local UDP port number on which data transfer will occure

remoteNode [in] = Remote host that contains remotePort

RemoteNode [in] = UDP port number on remote host to transfer the data from.

[goetz]

Have a look at "this forum thread":http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums/viewthread/4145, they discussed the same topic over there.

[m0khz]

Thanks for the pointer, from this thread it looks like the send port from within Qt is always random, so it looks like I'll have to write a unique handler for the PIC code...

Kevin

[dangelog]

Did you read the thread? Just bind the socket before sending. That's it.

[m0khz]

Yes I have read the thread, I am binding the port before sending (see above), the outgoing port is random.
It looks like I can call a Berkley API from the PIC, eliminating the need for the Qt send port parameter, I'll experiment tonight.

Kevin

[dangelog]

bind binds a name to a socket. You're simply binding the wrong name, QHostAddress::Broadcast not being an address of any local interface (are you checking the return value of bind? It's probably failing with EADDRNOTAVAIL). Get a copy of TCP/IP Illustrated and/or Unix Network Programming for the gory details.

[m0khz]

OK that explains it! Thank you, I'll grab a copy of TCP/IP Illustrated, as you suggest, for the 'gory' details :)