i wrote a simple program in c++ that uses sockets, i compile no errors, but i try to link and i get these errors:
error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _closesocket@4
error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _send@16
error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _connect@12
error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _inet_addr@4
error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _htons@4
error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _socket@12
error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _WSAStartup@8
fatal error LNK1120: 7 unresolved externals

now i use Microsoft Visual C++ 5, i have tried screwing around in the Project:Settings cruft, like under Debug:Additional DLLs, and extra dlls i added Winsock.dll and Wsock32.dll, i changed the code generation under C++:code generation to muiltthreaded debug dlls or something.

so i was wondering, first:what an "unresolved external symbol" is(i guess that no def for f(x)'s, and how can i fix this?

thanx NULLandVOID

link to "ws2_32.lib".
(Project::Settings::Link; add it under Object/Library Modules [Note: this is under vc++ 6])

thanks alot, i don't think i would have figured that out with your help.

and i would like to add, as a new member of this site, i find it extremely helpful to me(and as i imagine to all members), and wish to commend people for creating it. it is so helpful in fact i was wondering it there was a icq/irc room for where we can talk as well.

thanx for the help!
NULLandVOID

Yes, we have an irc channel. Look in the "TPU Chat" section of the sidebar to the left of the screen - we're in #tpu on irc.freenode.net

NULLandVOID, do we need to do something besides putting a box about IRC on every page for it to be clear enough to visitors? =)