Re: TCPIP programming (sockaddr_in question)

Hi Brian,

My best guess is that some software on your box is creating a socket using
the address family AF_INET6. Why someone uses IPV6 (apart from running out
of addresses) I don't know. New Multicast stuff? Something else wiz-bang?

Why not try this: -

Use the normal 16 byte IPv4 sockaddr structure and if the first word ends up
"26" the do a <io$_sensemode!io$m_extend> with the 28 byte structure. (At
that stage can you dump out the owner of the BG device so we can see who it
is and what software they're running?) If you manage to retrieve the Port
Number then please let me know. Actually, if your observations and
experiences vary *at all* from what I described in the previous reply then
please let us all know.

From what I think I've seen, I still say it's a bug. John G is too quiet at
the moment considering he gets up hours before me and, once Bootcamp
winds-up, I think Matt goes on the after-dinner circuit promoting his new
book "Deadlines - Smedlines" so I don't expect to hear much from that
direction :-)

Cheers Richard Maher

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What software created the BG device for which you are now doing a
io$_sensemode?

Cheers Richard Maher

Web browsers, remote ssh, remote sftp and ftp, mail servers, etc.
Like I said before, I'm trying to "programmatically" perform the
equivalent of TCPIP SHOW DEVICE bgxxxx/FULL

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