#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0501

#include <iostream>
#include <winsock2.h>
#include <ws2tcpip.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int s;
   int status;
   struct addrinfo hints, *p;
   struct addrinfo *servinfo;  // will point to the results
   WORD wVersionRequested;
   WSADATA wsaData;
   char ipstr[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];

   /* Use the MAKEWORD(lowbyte, highbyte) macro declared in Windef.h */
    wVersionRequested = MAKEWORD(2, 0);

    status = WSAStartup(wVersionRequested, &wsaData);
    if (status != 0) {
        /* Tell the user that we could not find a usable */
        /* Winsock DLL.                                  */
        printf("WSAStartup failed with error: %d\n", status);
        fprintf(stderr, "getaddrinfo error: %s\n", gai_strerror(status));
        return 1;
    }


    memset(&hints, 0, sizeof hints); // make sure the struct is empty
    hints.ai_family = AF_INET;     // don't care IPv4 or IPv6
    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM; // TCP stream sockets

     // get ready to connect
  if ((status = getaddrinfo("manuelfrw01.dyndns.org", "8000", &hints, &servinfo)) != 0) {
    fprintf(stderr, "getaddrinfo error: %s\n", gai_strerror(status));
    WSACleanup();
    exit(1);
}

    s=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0);
    if (status == INVALID_SOCKET) {
        cout << "socket: Scoket error Last Error:" << WSAGetLastError() << endl;
    }


    status = connect(s, servinfo->ai_addr, servinfo->ai_addrlen);
    if (status == SOCKET_ERROR) {
        cout << "socket: Scoket error Last Error:" << WSAGetLastError() << endl;
    }


    char buffer[10];
    strcpy(buffer, "Hallo");


    while(1) {
    status = send(s, buffer, sizeof(buffer), 0);
    if (status == SOCKET_ERROR) {
      cout << "send Error: " << WSAGetLastError() << endl;
    } else {
        cout << "Bytes Sent: " << status << endl;
    }
    Sleep(10);
    }

    cout << "done" << endl;

    WSACleanup();

// servinfo now points to a linked list of 1 or more struct addrinfos

// etc.
}