Compare Const char* and char *

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I'm trying to compare the values in these two char pointers but i'm getting strange outputs:

The first one is (libpcap IP address):

const char* ip_source = inet_ntop(AF_INET, &ip->ip_src, buffer1, sizeof(buffer1)); //192.168.56.1

The second one is:

char *host_ip = inet_ntoa(((struct sockaddr_in*)a->addr)->sin_addr); //192.168.56.1

I've tried using if (*ip_source == *host_ip) and if (strcmp(ip_source, host_ip) == 0).

How do I compare the IP addresses stored in these two variables to see if both IP addresses are the same?

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Crizly

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Compare Const char* and char *