Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:00:26 +0000 From: "Abraham K. Mathen" <akmathen@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Why can't I sendto() to 127.255.255.255 Message-ID: <BAY121-F177CD9A9B001734EFB8DB3DE4C0@phx.gbl>
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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 address. It failed - with errno 49 (EADDRNOTAVAIL).
Setting SO_BROADCAST and IP_ONESBCAST did not help.
After examining
- various RFC's,
- source code under /usr/src/sys/netinet/ and
- archives of freebsd-hackers & freebsd-net,
I have not been able to determine the reason.
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.
Specific questions :
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- Is it correct to understand that 127.255.255.255 is the
directed network broadcast address for net 127? If yes,
which RFC specifies that?
- If not, is 127.255.255.255 considered to be a host
address? If yes, which RFC specifies that?
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Could you please help me understand this?
sincerely
Mathen
(Abraham K. Mathen)
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