Re: Why can't I sendto() to 127.255.255.255

2007-04-30 Thread Bruce M. Simpson
Abraham K. Mathen wrote: Is it possible to successfully sendto() on a UDP socket with 127.255.255.255 as the destination address? If yes, how can that be done. No, because in FreeBSD, lo(4) is not implemented as a broadcast interface. It is a multicast capable software loopback interface. I

Re: Why can't I sendto() to 127.255.255.255

2007-04-30 Thread Vince
Abraham K. Mathen wrote: > NOTE : A copy of this message was sent to freebsd-hackers also. > Apologies for the separate mails. > > Hello freebsd-net, > I wrote a short program (on FreeBSD 6.0), that attempts > to call sendto() on a UDP socket, with 127.255.255.255 as > the destination a