WINSOCK - Setting a timeout for a connection attempt on a non existing IP?

Question

I am developing a RTSP Source filter in C++, and I am using WINSOCK 2.0 - blocking socket.

When I create a blocking socket, I set its SO_RCVTIMEO to 3 secs l

Answer 1

from cmd you can ping the ip with a timeout like this 'ping -w 100 -n 1 192.168.1.1'

it will return within 100mS

you can check the return code by 'echo %errorlevel% 0 = ok, 1 = fail, then you know if you should try connect

in c++

bool pingip_nowait(const char* ipaddr)
{
    DWORD exitCode;

    STARTUPINFO si;
    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;

    ZeroMemory( &si, sizeof(si) );
    si.cb = sizeof(si);
    ZeroMemory( &pi, sizeof(pi) );
    si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESTDHANDLES | STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
    si.hStdInput = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
    si.hStdOutput =  GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
    si.hStdError = GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE);
    si.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;

    CString cmd = "ping -w 100 -n 1 ";
    cmd += ipaddr;
    if (!CreateProcess(NULL,
        cmd.GetBuffer(),
        NULL,
        NULL,
        FALSE,
        0,
        NULL,
        NULL,
        &si,
        &pi)) {
            TRACE("ERROR: Cannot launch child process\n");
            return false;
    }

    // Give the process time to execute and finish
    WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, 200L);

    if (GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, &exitCode))
    {
        TRACE("ping returned %d\n", exitCode);
        // Close process and thread handles. 
        CloseHandle( pi.hProcess );
        CloseHandle( pi.hThread );
        return exitCode==0 ? true : false;
    }
    TRACE("GetExitCodeProcess() failed\n");
    CloseHandle( pi.hProcess );
    CloseHandle( pi.hThread );
    return false;
}