Socket connect () is always successful (TCP over ActiveSync)

Question

I am using TCP / IP through ActiveSync to connect from a Windows CE device to a Windows XP desktop. The WinSock connect () function always succeeds, regardless of whether the desktop server application is running.

The following simplified code demonstrates this problem:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <Winsock2.h>

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
    const int Port = 5555;
    const char * HostName = "ppp_peer";  

    WSADATA wsadata;
    if (WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(1, 1), &wsadata) != 0)
        return 1;

    struct hostent * hp = gethostbyname(HostName);
    if (hp == NULL)
        return 1;

    struct sockaddr_in sockaddr;
    memset(&sockaddr, 0, sizeof(sockaddr));
    sockaddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
    sockaddr.sin_addr.s_addr = ((struct in_addr *)(hp->h_addr))->s_addr;
    sockaddr.sin_port = htons(Port);    

    int sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
    if (sock == SOCKET_ERROR)
        return 1;

    int result = connect(sock, (struct sockaddr*)&sockaddr, sizeof(sockaddr));
    // result always 0 (success) here

    closesocket(sock);

    return 0;
} 

This is mistake? If not, what is the correct way to determine if the server is actually on the network? Just try to use the established connection (recv / send data)?

Device: Windows CE 5.0, WinSock 2.2; Desktop: Windows XP, SP3, ActiveSync 4.5.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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