i need a way to represent an ip when scanning a c-range for web server info. 
use IO::Socket;

my $first_var = "64.219.21.1";
my $last_var  = "25";

my ($net,$first) = ($first_var   =~ /^(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})\.(\d
+{1,3})$/ );
die "undetermined network part in $first_var.\n" unless $net;
die "undetermined host part in $first_var.\n" unless $first;

my ($last) = ($last_var =~ /^(\d{1,3})$/ );
die "undetermined host part in $last_var.\n" unless $last;

($last, $first) = ($first, $last) if $last < $first;

my @hosts = ($first..$last);

for ($li=0;$li<=$#hosts;$li++){ &scan() }

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if scan() contains print "$net.$hosts[$li]"; it executes perfectly, printing out all the ip's with no newlines or anything. but let's say this is scan: 
sub scan {
    $host = "$net.$hosts[$li]";
    $socket = IO::Socket::INET->new(
        Proto => "tcp",
        PeerAddr => $host,
        PeerPort => 80) or die $!;
        
    $socket->autoflush(1);
    print $socket "HEAD / HTTP/1.0\015\012\015\012";
    
    while (<$socket>) {
        print;
        last if /^$/;
    }
close($socket);
}

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this gives an unknown error. i tried replacing $host with the url "feartech.net" it performed perfectly. so i suppose my question is, how to express the ip in a manner that the connection will go through. thanks for your help.

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