IP-addresses stored as int results in overflow?

Question

I\'m writing a chat-server in node.js, and I want to store connected users IP-addresses in a mysql database as (unsigned) integers. I have written a javascript method to convert

Answer 1

The result of the "<<" operator is always a signed, 32-bit integer, as per the spec.

When you shift back, use ">>>" to do an unsigned right shift.