Thanks all for your replies. Perhaps the question is really, is there anyway to query which network interface one's server is using? os.networkInterfaces() has the information I'm looking for, but I don't understand how I can tell which interface is the proper one.
Thanks, On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Ben Noordhuis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 23:25, billywhizz <[email protected]> wrote: > > as far as i know if you want to get the specific ip address of an > > interface then you will have to bind explicitly to that IP address and > > not to "0.0.0.0" in order to get the correct IP from getsockname, > > which is the system call used under the hood. so, instead of doing: > > > > server.listen(80) or server.listen(80, "0.0.0.0") > > > > you need to do: > > > > server.listen(80, "10.11.12.100") > > > > replacing 10.11.12.100 with the IP address you want to listen on. > > > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5759031/getsockname-always-returning-0-0-0-0 > > That's correct. This thread is a reworded version of > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs/browse_thread/thread/f2a93fe022cc584b > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- -- -- Tim Whidden -- http://twhid.com -- http://mtaa.net -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
