TM4C1294NCPDT: TM4C129 How to get IP address from hostname and how to do a ping to a IP address

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Hi,

Please let us know how to get the ip address from the hostname.

Also please let us know is there any inbuild function to ping to a specific IP address which we wanted to ping.

Thank you,

Deepanraj.A