Dotted IPv4 address reversed with inet_addr

[axtroz]

Greetings, I'm using Visual C++ 2010 express from microsoft and am trying to write a dll library for use with another project to send ping requests.
My problem is that

unsigned long ipaddr = inet_addr("127.0.0.1")

returns 16777343, which is 1.0.0.127 and not 127.0.0.1
I tried this with different addresses and the issue is the same. I'm running x64 Windows 7 professional under a virtual machine if that has something to do with it. Any help is highly appreciated!

[naraku9333]

Thats what it is supposed to be, the byte order of an unsigned long is different then an IP address. see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms738563%28v=vs.85%29.aspx