From 72ff2b7034e187eef7ab5d49d77796a10f55071d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xavier Perret <xa.perret@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2022 13:11:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] finally found a way to specify the local ip
---
app/manage-connection/manage-connection.go | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
diff --git a/app/manage-connection/manage-connection.go b/app/manage-connection/manage-connection.go
index d461671..0022c4c 100644
--- a/app/manage-connection/manage-connection.go
+++ b/app/manage-connection/manage-connection.go
@@ -1 +1,30 @@
package manage_connection
+
+import (
+ "fmt"
+ "net"
+)
+
+func CreateConnection(destinationAddress string) net.Conn {
+ fmt.Println("Trying to connect to ", destinationAddress)
+ // connect to ip with tcp and add the ip of the sender to the connection
+ conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", destinationAddress)
+
+ if err != nil {
+ fmt.Println("Error while connecting to the neighbour", err)
+ }
+
+ return conn
+}
+
+func CreateConnectionWithSpecifiedLocalAddress(senderAddress string, destinationAddress string) net.Conn {
+ dialer := net.Dialer{LocalAddr: &net.TCPAddr{IP: net.ParseIP(senderAddress)}}
+
+ conn, err := dialer.Dial("tcp", destinationAddress)
+
+ if err != nil {
+ fmt.Println("Error while connecting to the neighbour", err)
+ }
+
+ return conn
+}
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