Hi there... That's not the problem...

I've got a code written in C# and works fine but I call a lot of API
functions so I decided to write the low-level stuff in C++. My problem is
(not about __pin cuz I already try that). I have a struct which is
responsible for storing packet's IP Header. It's defined like this...

           [StructLayout(LayoutKind::Explicit)]
            __value struct IPHeader {
                [FieldOffset(0)] Byte verlen; // IP Version & IP Header
length
                [FieldOffset(1)] Byte tos; // Type of service
                [FieldOffset(2)] UInt16 length; // Packet's total length
                [FieldOffset(4)] UInt16 id; // Unique identifier
                [FieldOffset(6)] UInt16 offset; // Flags & Offset
                [FieldOffset(8)] Byte ttl; // Time To Live
                [FieldOffset(9)] Byte protocol; // Protocol (TCP, UDP, any
other)
                [FieldOffset(10)] UInt16 checksum; // IP Header checksum
                [FieldOffset(12)] Int64 source; // Source address
                [FieldOffset(16)] Int64 destination; // Destination address
                };

What I want to do (like I did in C# code) is... Fill all of the structs
fields by using a pointer...  In C# I have this code

protected virtual unsafe object[] ParseIPHeader(byte[] packet, int length)
{
   short src_port = 0, dst_port = 0;
   object[] retval = new object[6];

   fixed(byte* packetdata = packet) {
    CCommon.IPHeader* ipheader = (CCommon.IPHeader*) packetdata;
   // Rest of code goes here...
}

As you can see I fix my pointer and it's initialized with packet's address.
In C# I don't have to use the & operator for an operation like the one shown
above. My problem is that... I want to get the same result in C++.

Object* CRawSocket::ParseIPHeader(Byte packet[], int length)[] {
    short src_port = 0, dst_port = 0;
    System::Text::StringBuilder *src_address, *dst_address;
    Object *retval[] = new Object*[6];
    src_address = new System::Text::StringBuilder();
    dst_address = new System::Text::StringBuilder();

    Byte  *packeddata =    __try_cast< Byte *>(&packet[0]) ;
    CCommon::IPHeader *ipheader =  (CCommon::IPHeader *)  &packeddata;
    // Rest of code goes here...
}

I open two instances of VS Debugger (C# & C++ projects). The ipheader points
to  packeddata which in turn points to  the first element of the array
packet. This works perfectly in C# but it doesn't seem to work in C++. When
I compare both structures (C# & C++) the information contaned in them is
totally different when the data received from the socket is the same.

TIA