diff --git a/spritehttpd/include/httpd-logging.h b/spritehttpd/include/httpd-logging.h
index b3d97e9..8aee7ba 100755
--- a/spritehttpd/include/httpd-logging.h
+++ b/spritehttpd/include/httpd-logging.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "httpd-platform.h"
+#include "httpd-types.h"
 
 #ifndef VERBOSE_LOGGING
 #define VERBOSE_LOGGING 1
@@ -11,6 +12,9 @@
 #define LOG_EOL "\n"
 #endif
 
+// split IP for printf %d.%d.%d.%d
+#define IP_SPLIT(ip) ip&0xFF, (ip>>8)&0xFF, (ip>>16)&0xFF, (ip>>24)&0xFF
+
 /**
  * Print a startup banner message (printf syntax)
  * Uses bright green color
diff --git a/spritehttpd/include/httpd-types.h b/spritehttpd/include/httpd-types.h
index f3366f2..6eba210 100644
--- a/spritehttpd/include/httpd-types.h
+++ b/spritehttpd/include/httpd-types.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ typedef struct httpd_thread_handle httpd_thread_handle_t;
 
 struct httpd_options;
 
+typedef uint32_t httpd_ipaddr_t;
+
 /**
  * CGI handler state / return value
  */
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ struct HttpdConnData {
 
   // this should be at the end because of padding
   uint16_t remote_port;		// Remote TCP port
-  uint8_t remote_ip[4];		// IP address of client
+  httpd_ipaddr_t remote_ip;		// IP address of client
   uint8_t slot;				// Slot ID - index in s_connData
 };
 
diff --git a/spritehttpd/include/httpd.h b/spritehttpd/include/httpd.h
index d6b53cf..ee157da 100644
--- a/spritehttpd/include/httpd.h
+++ b/spritehttpd/include/httpd.h
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ void httdResponseOptions(HttpdConnData *conn, int cors);
  * @param remIp - remote IP (4 bytes)
  * @param remPort - remote port
  */
-void httpdSentCb(ConnTypePtr conn, const uint8_t *remIp, uint16_t remPort);
+void httpdSentCb(ConnTypePtr conn, httpd_ipaddr_t remIp, uint16_t remPort);
 
 /**
  * Callback called when there's data available on a socket.
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ void httpdSentCb(ConnTypePtr conn, const uint8_t *remIp, uint16_t remPort);
  * @param data - data received. This is a mutable buffer
  * @param len - data len
  */
-void httpdRecvCb(ConnTypePtr conn, const uint8_t *remIp, uint16_t remPort, uint8_t *data, size_t len);
+void httpdRecvCb(ConnTypePtr conn, httpd_ipaddr_t remIp, uint16_t remPort, uint8_t *data, size_t len);
 
 /**
  * The platform layer should ALWAYS call this function, regardless if the connection is closed by the server
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ void httpdRecvCb(ConnTypePtr conn, const uint8_t *remIp, uint16_t remPort, uint8
  * @param remIp - remote IP (4 bytes)
  * @param remPort - remote port
  */
-void httpdDisconCb(ConnTypePtr conn, const uint8_t *remIp, uint16_t remPort);
+void httpdDisconCb(ConnTypePtr conn, httpd_ipaddr_t remIp, uint16_t remPort);
 
 /**
  * Connect callback - a client connected
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ void httpdDisconCb(ConnTypePtr conn, const uint8_t *remIp, uint16_t remPort);
  * @param remPort - remote port
  * @return 1 = OK, 0 = client couldn't be served
  */
-int httpdConnectCb(ConnTypePtr conn, const uint8_t *remIp, uint16_t remPort);
+int httpdConnectCb(ConnTypePtr conn, httpd_ipaddr_t remIp, uint16_t remPort);
 
 /**
  * Low level function to close & release a connection
diff --git a/spritehttpd/src/httpd-loop.c b/spritehttpd/src/httpd-loop.c
index 9f049dd..f580e80 100644
--- a/spritehttpd/src/httpd-loop.c
+++ b/spritehttpd/src/httpd-loop.c
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ Thanks to my collague at Espressif for writing the foundations of this code.
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include "httpd-logging.h"
+#include "httpd-types.h"
 
 struct HttpdConnType {
   int fd;
   bool needWriteDoneNotif;
   bool needsClose;
   uint16_t port;
-  uint8_t ip[4];
+  httpd_ipaddr_t ip;
 };
 
 static HttpdConnType s_rconn[HTTPD_MAX_CONNECTIONS];
diff --git a/spritehttpd/src/httpd.c b/spritehttpd/src/httpd.c
index 769d1fb..efef0d2 100644
--- a/spritehttpd/src/httpd.c
+++ b/spritehttpd/src/httpd.c
@@ -124,17 +124,17 @@ size_t httpGetBacklogSize(const HttpdConnData *conn)
 }
 
 //Looks up the connData info for a specific connection
-static HttpdConnData *httpdFindConnData(ConnTypePtr conn, const uint8_t *remIp, int remPort)
+static HttpdConnData *httpdFindConnData(ConnTypePtr conn, httpd_ipaddr_t remIp, int remPort)
 {
     for (int i = 0; i < HTTPD_MAX_CONNECTIONS; i++) {
-        if (s_connData[i] && s_connData[i]->remote_port == remPort &&
-            memcmp(s_connData[i]->remote_ip, remIp, 4) == 0) {
+        if (s_connData[i] && s_connData[i]->remote_port == remPort
+            && s_connData[i]->remote_ip == remIp) {
             s_connData[i]->conn = conn;
             return s_connData[i];
         }
     }
     //Shouldn't happen.
-    http_error("*** Unknown connection %d.%d.%d.%d:%d", remIp[0] & 0xff, remIp[1] & 0xff, remIp[2] & 0xff, remIp[3] & 0xff, remPort);
+    http_error("Unknown connection");
     httpdConnDisconnect(conn);
     return NULL;
 }
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ static void httpdCgiIsDone(HttpdConnData *conn)
 
 //Callback called when the data on a socket has been successfully
 //sent.
-void httpdSentCb(ConnTypePtr rconn, const uint8_t *remIp, uint16_t remPort)
+void httpdSentCb(ConnTypePtr rconn, httpd_ipaddr_t remIp, uint16_t remPort)
 {
     HttpdConnData *conn = httpdFindConnData(rconn, remIp, remPort);
     httpdContinue(conn);
@@ -511,7 +511,6 @@ void httpdSentCb(ConnTypePtr rconn, const uint8_t *remIp, uint16_t remPort)
 //resume handling an open connection asynchronously
 void httpdContinue(HttpdConnData *conn)
 {
-    int r;
     httpdPlatLock();
 
     uint8_t *sendBuff;
@@ -550,7 +549,7 @@ void httpdContinue(HttpdConnData *conn)
     }
     conn->priv->sendBuff = sendBuff;
     conn->priv->sendBuffLen = 0;
-    r = conn->cgi(conn); //Execute cgi fn.
+    httpd_cgi_state r = conn->cgi(conn); //Execute cgi fn.
     if (r == HTTPD_CGI_DONE) {
         httpdCgiIsDone(conn);
     }
@@ -776,7 +775,7 @@ void httpdConnSendFinish(HttpdConnData *conn)
 }
 
 //Callback called when there's data available on a socket.
-void httpdRecvCb(ConnTypePtr rconn, const uint8_t *remIp, uint16_t remPort, uint8_t *data, size_t len)
+void httpdRecvCb(ConnTypePtr rconn, httpd_ipaddr_t remIp, uint16_t remPort, uint8_t *data, size_t len)
 {
     httpd_cgi_state r;
     size_t x;
@@ -884,7 +883,7 @@ void httpdRecvCb(ConnTypePtr rconn, const uint8_t *remIp, uint16_t remPort, uint
 
 //The platform layer should ALWAYS call this function, regardless if the connection is closed by the server
 //or by the client.
-void httpdDisconCb(ConnTypePtr rconn, const uint8_t *remIp, uint16_t remPort)
+void httpdDisconCb(ConnTypePtr rconn, httpd_ipaddr_t remIp, uint16_t remPort)
 {
     httpdPlatLock();
     HttpdConnData *hconn = httpdFindConnData(rconn, remIp, remPort);
@@ -917,57 +916,54 @@ static void cleanupCgiAndUserData(HttpdConnData *hconn)
 }
 
 
-int httpdConnectCb(ConnTypePtr conn, const uint8_t *remIp, uint16_t remPort)
+int httpdConnectCb(ConnTypePtr conn, httpd_ipaddr_t remIp, uint16_t remPort)
 {
-    uint8_t i;
+    uint8_t ci; // connection index
     httpdPlatLock();
+
     //Find empty conndata in pool
-    for (i = 0; i < HTTPD_MAX_CONNECTIONS; i++) {
-        if (s_connData[i] == NULL) {
+    for (ci = 0; ci < HTTPD_MAX_CONNECTIONS; ci++) {
+        if (s_connData[ci] == NULL) {
             break;
         }
     }
-    http_info("Conn req from  %d.%d.%d.%d:%d, using pool slot %d", remIp[0], remIp[1], remIp[2], remIp[3], remPort, i);
-    if (i >= HTTPD_MAX_CONNECTIONS) {
+
+    http_info("Conn req from %d.%d.%d.%d:%d, using pool slot %d", IP_SPLIT(remIp), remPort, ci);
+    if (ci >= HTTPD_MAX_CONNECTIONS) {
         http_error("Aiee, conn pool overflow!");
         httpdPlatUnlock();
         return 0;
     }
 
-    s_connData[i] = httpdPlatMalloc(sizeof(HttpdConnData));
-    if (s_connData[i] == NULL) {
+    s_connData[ci] = httpdPlatMalloc(sizeof(HttpdConnData));
+    if (s_connData[ci] == NULL) {
         http_warn("Out of memory allocating connData!");
         httpdPlatUnlock();
         return 0;
     }
-    memset(s_connData[i], 0, sizeof(HttpdConnData));
-    s_connData[i]->priv = httpdPlatMalloc(sizeof(HttpdPriv));
-    if (s_connData[i]->priv == NULL) {
+    memset(s_connData[ci], 0, sizeof(HttpdConnData));
+
+    s_connData[ci]->conn = conn;
+    s_connData[ci]->slot = ci;
+    s_connData[ci]->remote_ip = remIp;
+    s_connData[ci]->remote_port = remPort;
+
+    s_connData[ci]->priv = httpdPlatMalloc(sizeof(HttpdPriv));
+    if (s_connData[ci]->priv == NULL) {
         http_error("Out of memory allocating connData priv struct!");
         httpdPlatUnlock();
         return 0;
     }
-    memset(s_connData[i]->priv, 0, sizeof(HttpdPriv));
-    s_connData[i]->conn = conn;
-    s_connData[i]->slot = i;
-//    s_connData[i]->priv->headPos = 0;
-    s_connData[i]->post = httpdPlatMalloc(sizeof(HttpdPostData));
-    if (s_connData[i]->post == NULL) {
+    memset(s_connData[ci]->priv, 0, sizeof(HttpdPriv));
+
+    s_connData[ci]->post = httpdPlatMalloc(sizeof(HttpdPostData));
+    if (s_connData[ci]->post == NULL) {
         http_error("Out of memory allocating connData post struct!");
         httpdPlatUnlock();
         return 0;
     }
-    memset(s_connData[i]->post, 0, sizeof(HttpdPostData));
-//    s_connData[i]->post->buff = NULL;
-//    s_connData[i]->post->buffLen = 0;
-//    s_connData[i]->post->received = 0;
-    s_connData[i]->post->len = -1;
-//    s_connData[i]->hostName = NULL;
-    s_connData[i]->remote_port = remPort;
-//    s_connData[i]->priv->sendBacklog = NULL;
-//    s_connData[i]->priv->headersToSend = NULL;
-//    s_connData[i]->priv->sendBacklogSize = 0;
-    memcpy(s_connData[i]->remote_ip, remIp, 4);
+    memset(s_connData[ci]->post, 0, sizeof(HttpdPostData));
+    s_connData[ci]->post->len = -1;
 
     httpdPlatUnlock();
     return 1;