--- Brian Reichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've had an expectation violated recently, and > wanted to research > whether my expectation was grounded in reality: > > Given an interface with a primary IP, and one or > more aliased IP > addresses: > > When a process opens a connection to another host, > which IP address > will be chosen as the source address? > > Steven's just says 'the kernel chooses the IP > address and port'.
Dont you have to give the local ip address(either primary or aliases') when you do a bind on the socket ? If you choose INADDR_ANY I am not sure which ip address it will pick up. > > My expectation was that the primary IP address would > be used. > > Is my expectation valid? Is there a spec that > describes this, or > is it up to an individual OS to do whatever it > wants? > > (I'm sorry to pester this list, as this question > isn't actually > specific to FreeBSD...) > > I'm more than willing to do my own research, but a > suggestion of > useful buzzwords would be appreciated as well. :) > > Thanks for your time... > > -- > Brian Reichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) > 434-6842 > Derry NH 03038-1713 USA BSD admin/developer at > large > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
