socket Function

C

SOCKET socket(
    int af, 
    int type, 
    int protocol
);

This function creates a new BSD socket for the Microchip TCP/IP stack. The return socket descriptor is used for the subsequent BSD operations.

The BerkeleySocketInit() function should be called.


Parameters	Description
af	Address family - AF_INET for IPv4 and AF_INET6 for IPv6.
type	Socket type SOCK_DGRAM or SOCK_STREAM.
protocol	IP protocol IPPROTO_UDP or IPPROTO_TCP.

If the function is successful, a new socket descriptor is returned.
A return value of SOCKET_ERROR (-1) indicates an error and errno is set accordingly.

None.