I changed
NSData *discoveryHost = [NSData dataWithBytes:&ip4addr length:ip4addr.sin_len];
to
NSData *discoveryHost = [NSData dataWithBytes:&ip4addr length:sizeof(ip4addr)];
and it fixed that error I was getting. However, the reason I wasn't able to connect via the connectToHost method was due to my server socket code. I have two server sockets accepting connections. I commented out the second and it worked just fine. I'm guessing it was due to the thread being locked by the second socket or something.