Re: [Quickfix-developers] IP Address Configuration Option

[Joerg T. <Joe...@ma...>]

Hi Jon,

> Would it be diffucult to implement a configuration option to choose the ip
> address for the acceptor to listen on instead of INADDR_ANY?

I guess it should not be too difficult. Basically you have to extend the 
function socket_createAcceptor() in src/C++/Utility.cpp to have an extra 
parameter host (which could be a special value indicating INADDR_ANY).
Searching for the parameter SocketAcceptPort and SOCKET_ACCEPT_PORT and 
socket_createAcceptor() on the other side should give a good indication 
where the extra parameter would have to be added.

> We have multiple nics/ip addresses on our boxes which serve other
> purposes than Order Entry. >
> We simulated a nic failure in QA which didn't produce the expected results
> from QF - exception thrown resulting in a shutdown.
> 
> I would imagine something like this in the config file:
> 
> SocketAcceptAddress=192.168.254.254
>    or
> SocketAcceptAddress=Any /* Or just leave it out for INADDR_ANY */

I would suggest SocketAcceptHost to match corresponding 
SocketConnectHost. Otherwise, this is a good suggestion.

Cheers, Jörg

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