From: "Joshua M. Miller" <jmille24@...>
Date: 2005-03-24T23:51:26+09:00
Subject: Is there a way to bind a socket to a specific local interface in a client application?

I am creating an application that I would like to have bind to one of
several ethernet devices that I have on my machine.  Does anyone know if
this can be done with Ruby?  An example:

A normal socket opening in Ruby:

client1 = TCPSocket.new('192.168.1.5', port)

...here I have opened a TCP socket to 192.168.1.5 on a non-specified
port. Is there a way to specify the local device that corresponds to IP
address 192.168.1.6 or any other address associated with a local interface?

TIA,

Josh