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From: "Kay M" <passhark AT hotmail DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: UNIX Sockets - Broadcasting - Broadcast address
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 03:21:13 +0000
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I have written a client program that connects to the local broadcast address 
and reads datagrams that are produced by a server. It works on my linux (no 
internet) machine. But on my PC under CYGWIN the binding of the socket to 
the Broadcast Address give an error EADDRNOAVAIL.

I tried both 127.255.255.255 and also INADDR_BROADCAST. If I change 
broadcast address to 127.255.255.254, then server and client both work  
under Cygwin, but that isnt Broadcasting address though.

Can anyone help /explain ?

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