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

Bite the bullet. The remote IP may not be running a PING server or PING may be blocked by some router, so it's no help. Can you not just wait the 10 sec and then make whatever error indication you use?

If you absolutely have to time out the attempted connection after 3 seconds, you can time it out yourself.