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Diffstat (limited to 'share')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/ip.4 | 22 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ip.4 b/share/man/man4/ip.4 index e213711..e5489ae 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ip.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ip.4 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" @(#)ip.4 8.2 (Berkeley) 11/30/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd September 12, 2012 +.Dd September 20, 2012 .Dt IP 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -187,21 +187,19 @@ cmsg_level = IPPROTO_IP cmsg_type = IP_SENDSRCADDR .Ed .Pp -The socket should be bound to a local port. -The socket may be bound or not bound to a local address. -In the former case address supplied with -.Dv IP_SENDSRCADDR -overrides bound address. -If the socket is bound to a local address and the address supplied with +The socket should be either bound to +.Dv INADDR_ANY +and a local port, and the address supplied with .Dv IP_SENDSRCADDR -is +should't be .Dv INADDR_ANY , -then bound address is overriden via generic source address selection logic, -which would choose IP address of interface closest to destination. -If the socket is not bound to a local address, then address supplied with +or the socket should be bound to a local address and the address supplied with .Dv IP_SENDSRCADDR -can't be +should be .Dv INADDR_ANY . +In the latter case bound address is overriden via generic source address +selection logic, which would choose IP address of interface closest to +destination. .Pp For convenience, .Dv IP_SENDSRCADDR |
