[Mono-dev] Can't create a local tcp connection on mono

[Ole Bromose]

Hello

Contents of /etc/hosts and output from ifconfig is shown below. I guess 
that the problem is that ifconfig does not show the loopback interface. 
Thus, this is a Linux problem and not a mono problem.
Thanks
Ole

# cat /etc/hosts
# /etc/hosts: Local Host Database
#
# This file describes a number of aliases-to-address mappings for the for
# local hosts that share this file.
#
# In the presence of the domain name service or NIS, this file may not be
# consulted at all; see /etc/host.conf for the resolution order.
#
# IPv4 and IPv6 localhost aliases
127.0.0.1       localhost
::1             localhost


# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:01:c0:07:df:cc
           inet addr:192.168.1.222  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
           UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
           RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
           Interrupt:40 Base address:0xc000
eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:01:c0:07:df:cd
           inet addr:192.168.253.243  Bcast:192.168.253.255 
  Mask:255.255.255.0
           inet6 addr: fe80::201:c0ff:fe07:dfcd/64 Scope:Link
           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
           RX packets:426 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
           TX packets:104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
           RX bytes:40464 (39.5 KiB)  TX bytes:16344 (15.9 KiB)
           Interrupt:41 Base address:0xe000




On 03/02/2013 04:52 PM, Robert Jordan wrote:
> On 02.03.2013 15:56, Ole Bromose wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> The code below works on Windows. However, when running on mono 2.10.5 on
>> Gentoo Linux, the listener throws the exception:
>>   System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: The requested address is not valid
>> in this context
>>
>> Listening on the address IPAddress.Any instead of the loopback address
>> makes the listener run without exception. However, when the client is
>> started, no connection is created (the server eventually times out).
>>
>> Can anybody explain why I can't create a local connection on mono?
>
>
> Please show us the output of /sbin/ifconfig and the contents of
> /etc/hosts.
>
> Robert
>
>
>
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