Windows Win32 Network Functions

Explore the comprehensive set of Win32 API functions for network programming on Windows.

Core Networking Functions

Resolves a hostname or service name to an address structure.

Translates a socket address structure to a host name and service name.

Creates a socket that is used to send and receive data.

Associates a local name with a socket.

Establishes a connection to a specified remote application.

Puts a socket into a listening state.

Accepts a connection from a client on a socket.

Sends data on a connected socket.

Receives data from a connected socket or a bound connectionless socket.

Closes an existing socket.

Retrieves information about the local host.

Retrieves the standard names for the given host address.

Retrieves DNS records for a specified host name.

Validates the format of a DNS name.

Retrieves detailed information about all network adapters.

Retrieves network configuration parameters.

Retrieves the standard host name for the local computer.

Initiates the use of the Winsock DLL.

Shuts down the Winsock service.

Retrieves the error code for the last Winsock function failure.