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UDP - Error in sendto(): Address family not supported by protocol

The following code is a programming sample for using UDP sockets.

There are 3 .c source files (Client_UDP.c, Server_UDP.c, and Message_UDP.c), and 1 .h header file (Prototype.h).

I want the Server and Client to communicate with each other only through the functions in Message_UDP.

The course of events seems to be like this:

  1. The Client sends a first packet/message to the Server.
  2. The Server receives the packet from the Client.
  3. The Server tries to send a response package, but shows an error: "Error in sendto(): Address family not supported by protocol".

Does anyone know why? How can I solve this?

Client_UDP.c

#include <stdio.h>      
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>

#include "Prototype.h"

int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {

    int fd_socket;

    struct sockaddr_in server;      
    socklen_t length_server = sizeof (server);

    fd_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
    Error_A(fd_socket, "Error in socket()");

    server.sin_port = htons(8888);
    server.sin_family = AF_INET;
    server.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr("127.0.0.1");

    // send packet to server
    function_SEND(fd_socket, server, length_server, "CLIENT");

    // receive packet from server
    function_RECEIVE(fd_socket, server, length_server, "CLIENT");

    close(fd_socket);
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Server_UDP.c

#include <stdio.h>      
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>

#include "Prototype.h"

int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {

    int fd_socket;
    int rv; // return value

    struct sockaddr_in server;
    struct sockaddr_in client;

    socklen_t length_server = sizeof (server);
    socklen_t length_client = sizeof (client);

    fd_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
    Error_A(fd_socket, "Errore in socket()");

    server.sin_port = htons(8888);
    server.sin_family = AF_INET;
    server.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;

    rv = bind(fd_socket, (struct sockaddr *) &server, length_server);
    Error_A(rv, "Error in bind()");

    // receive packet from client
    function_RECEIVE(fd_socket, client, length_client, "SERVER");

    // send packet to client
    function_SEND(fd_socket, client, length_client, "SERVER");

    close(fd_socket);
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Message_UDP.c

#include <stdio.h>      
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>

#include "Prototype.h"

void Error_A(int return_value, char *error_message) {

    if (return_value < 0) {
        perror(error_message);
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
}

void function_SEND(int fd_socket, struct sockaddr_in host, int length_host, char *sender) {

    int rv; // return value
    char packet[100] = "PACKET";

    // send packet
    rv = sendto(fd_socket, packet, 100, 0, (struct sockaddr *) &host, length_host);
    Error_A(rv, "Error in sendto()");
    printf("<%s> -- package sent: <%s> \n", sender, packet);
}

void function_RECEIVE(int fd_socket, struct sockaddr_in host, int length_host, char* receiver) {

    int rv; // return value
    char packet[100] = "";

    // receive packet
    rv = recvfrom(fd_socket, packet, 100, 0, (struct sockaddr *) &host, &length_host);
    Error_A(rv, "Errore in recvfrom()");
    printf("<%s> -- packet received: <%s> \n", receiver, packet);
}

Prototype.h

void Error_A(int return_value, char *error_message);

void function_SEND(int fd_socket, struct sockaddr_in host, int length_host, char *sender);

void function_RECEIVE(int fd_socket, struct sockaddr_in host, int length_host, char* receiver);

This is the client output:

CLIENT -- package sent: PACKET

This is the server output:

SERVER -- package received: PACKET

Error in sendto(): Address family not supported by protocol

Solution

  • I add this structure in the Prototype.h:

    struct Host {
    struct sockaddr_in host;
    socklen_t length_host;
} host_return;

void Error_A(int return_value, char *error_message);

void function_SEND(int fd_socket, struct sockaddr_in host, int length_host, char *sender);

struct Host function_RECEIVE(int fd_socket, struct sockaddr_in host, int length_host, char* receiver);

    Changing the function_RECEIVE() in Message_UDP.c with this:

    struct Host function_RECEIVE(int fd_socket, struct sockaddr_in host, int length_host, char* receiver) {

    int rv; // return value
    char packet[100] = "";

    // receive packet
    rv = recvfrom(fd_socket, packet, 100, 0, (struct sockaddr *) &host, &length_host);
    Error_A(rv, "Errore in recvfrom()");
    printf("%s -- packet received: %s \n", receiver, packet);

    host_return.host = host;
    host_return.length_host = length_host;

    return host_return;
}

    and the code in Server_UDP.c put this:

    // receive packet from client
host_return = function_RECEIVE(fd_socket, client, length_client, "SERVER");
    
// send packet to client
function_SEND(fd_socket, host_return.host, host_return.length_host,"SERVER");

    instead of

    // receive packet from client
function_RECEIVE(fd_socket, client, length_client, "SERVER");

// send packet to client
function_SEND(fd_socket, client, length_client, "SERVER");

    it seems to work because the output is (but i hope i don't have had just luck):

    CLIENT -- packet sent: PACKET

    CLIENT -- packet received: PACKET

    server:

    SERVER -- packet received: PACKET

    SERVER -- packet sent: PACKET