RE: RE : [lwip-devel] [bug #26309] Implement SOF_BROADCAST

[Stephane Lesage]

> I still have a question, according to
> http://www.opengroup.org/pubs/online/7908799/xns/setsockopt.html
> 
> SO_BROADCAST is only for sending broadcast messages, not for 
> filtering broadcast packets on reception.
> Or is there another doc describing this behavior ?

I've been googling around and found this:
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/net/0703.0/0024.html

So if you don't want to receive broadcast traffic,
you should not bind your socket to IPADDR_ANY,
but to your interface IP address.

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Stéphane LESAGE
ATEIS International