SOCKETS_Socket

Creates a TCP socket.

Socket_t SOCKETS_Socket( int32_t lDomain,
                         int32_t lType,
                         int32_t lProtocol );

See the FreeRTOS+TCP networking tutorial for more information on TCP sockets.

See the Berkeley Sockets API in wikipedia

See also

SOCKETS_Close()

Parameters

[in]	lDomain	Must be set to SOCKETS_AF_INET. See SocketDomains.
[in]	lType	Set to SOCKETS_SOCK_STREAM to create a TCP socket. No other value is valid. See SocketTypes.
[in]	lProtocol	Set to SOCKETS_IPPROTO_TCP to create a TCP socket. No other value is valid. See Protocols.

Returns

• If a socket is created successfully, then the socket handle is returned
• SOCKETS_INVALID_SOCKET is returned if an error occurred.