From: Sam Roberts <sroberts@...>
Date: 2005-03-29T10:48:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Is there a way to bind a socket to a specific local interface in a client application?

Quoting jmille24@leo.gov, on Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 11:51:26PM +0900:
> 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?

Can't remember if I replied to this... use the Socket class.

Cheers,
Sam