Winsock 10061/10060: Connection to remote server is not successful - c

Question

There are some other questions related to this, but they are not solving my problem. So I am asking so that some other possible solution can be seen.
I am implementing the socket programming. Socket is being successfully created, and it connects successfully to localhost. But when I choose some remote server, then it gives the error 10061 and sometimes 10060. I tried many remote servers(for example: google.com and my company hostname also).
I checked the firewall it is OFF. my code is given below:
/*
Socket Programming on Windows Machine
Author : Raza Javed
Date : 11-10-2022
*/
#include<stdio.h>
#include<winsock2.h>
#include<string.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
// Winsock Initialization
WSADATA wsa; // WSADATA is the structure that holds the information about Winsock library
SOCKET s;
struct sockaddr_in server;
struct in_addr **addr_list;
struct hostent *he;
char *hostname = "localhost";
char ip[100];
printf("Initializing Winsock...");
if (WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2),&wsa)!=0)
{
printf("Failed. Error Code : %d", WSAGetLastError()); //WSAGetLastError is used to get more information about what error occured.
return 1;
}
printf("Initialized.\n");
// Socket Creation
if((s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == INVALID_SOCKET)
{
printf("Could not create the socket: %d", WSAGetLastError());
}
printf("Socket Created.\n");
// Getting IP using "gethostbyname"
if ((he = gethostbyname(hostname)) == NULL)
{
printf("gethostbyname failed : %d", WSAGetLastError());
return 1;
}
addr_list = (struct in_addr **)he -> h_addr_list; // Casting h_addr_list to in_addr
for(int i = 0; addr_list[i] != NULL; i++)
{
strcpy(ip, inet_ntoa(*addr_list[i]));
}
printf("%s resolved to %s\n", hostname, ip);
// Connecting to server
//memset(&server, "\0", sizeof(server));
server.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(ip);
server.sin_family = AF_INET;
server.sin_port = htons(49835);
if (connect(s, (struct sockaddr *)&server, sizeof(server)) < 0)
{
printf("connect error : %d", WSAGetLastError());
getchar();
return 1;
}
puts("connected");
getchar(); // To hold the terminal screen
return 0;
}
Listening port can be seen here:
TCP 127.0.0.1:49835 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
In case of localhost, I get the following output:
Initializing Winsock...Initialized.
Socket Created.
localhost resolved to 127.0.0.1
connected
But when I change it to some remote server for example google like below:
char *hostname = "www.google.com";
Then the output is:
Initializing Winsock...Initialized.
Socket Created.
www.google.com resolved to 142.251.209.132
connect error : 10060
Can someone please help in this. I am completely not getting it.

Answer 1

I found the solution myself. maybe it would be helpful for someone else.
The mistake I was doing is that I have been always using the 'wrong port' to connect. To connect to remote server for example www.google.com, the port number will be 80, so the line of the code above will be:
server.sin_port = htons(80);
because it is for HTTP connection.
just by changing the line like above. It is connected now. Results below:
Initializing Winsock...Initialized.
Socket Created.
www.google.com resolved to 142.250.186.100
connected