diff --git a/nlsr-sync-0.0/utility.c b/nlsr-sync-0.0/utility.c
index b136c67..d18af41 100755
--- a/nlsr-sync-0.0/utility.c
+++ b/nlsr-sync-0.0/utility.c
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
+#include<sys/socket.h>
+#include<arpa/inet.h>
+#include<errno.h>
+#include<netdb.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
@@ -17,6 +21,7 @@
 #endif
 
 
+
 #include <ccn/ccn.h>
 #include <ccn/uri.h>
 #include <ccn/keystore.h>
@@ -214,3 +219,35 @@
     	}
 }
 
+
+struct sockaddr_in *
+get_ip_from_hostname(char *hostname )
+{
+ 
+
+    struct addrinfo hints, *servinfo, *p;
+    int res; 
+    struct sockaddr_in * ip;
+    memset(&hints, 0, sizeof hints);
+    hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+
+    if ( (res = getaddrinfo( hostname , "http", &hints , &servinfo)) != 0)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "getaddrinfo: %s\n", gai_strerror(res));
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    //int i=0;
+    for(p = servinfo; p != NULL; p = p->ai_next)
+    {
+        ip = (struct sockaddr_in *) p->ai_addr;
+	//i++;
+   
+    }
+    freeaddrinfo(servinfo);
+    return ip;
+
+
+}
+
+