From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24294 invoked by alias); 12 Dec 2001 13:45:39 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 24252 invoked from network); 12 Dec 2001 13:45:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO cygnus.com) (205.180.230.5) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 12 Dec 2001 13:45:35 -0000 Received: from cygbert.vinschen.de (cse.cygnus.com [205.180.230.236]) by runyon.cygnus.com (8.8.7-cygnus/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA29434 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 05:45:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (from corinna@localhost) by cygbert.vinschen.de (8.9.3/8.9.3/Linux sendmail 8.9.3) id OAA01313 for cygwin@cygwin.com; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 14:45:06 +0100 Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 05:48:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: UNIX Sockets - Broadcast address Message-ID: <20011212144506.B1104@cygbert.vinschen.de> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from passhark@hotmail.com on Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 02:36:10AM +0000 X-SW-Source: 2001-12/txt/msg00638.txt.bz2 On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 02:36:10AM +0000, Kay M wrote: > OK I didnt mean connecting in the socket API sense.....erm but when bind > takes place an error is given. I specified 127.255.255.255 and even > INADDR_BROADCAST......still same error. > > Even tried some demo files from socket book. # > > All ok with Linux. Did you call setsockopt(..., SO_REUSEADDR, ...) before binding? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/