[Freeswitch-users] Auto-detecting Local IP when no gateway set

[Jeff Leung]

Why can't you just specify a static IP address instead? Specifying a static
IP address sure does make life a heck a lot easier that way.


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Siri MM <sirimmfs at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am using freeswitch without local_ip_v4 explicitly set, i.e, I am
> dependant on freeswitch auto-detecting the local IP address.
>
> From the code, what I understand is, in order to determine the local IP
> address,  freeswitch tries to ‘connect()’ using a DGRAM socket with
> BROADCAST option set.
>
> The problem that I am having is, my customer is working in a Local LAN,
> and is not very keen on setting the interface gateway. Without gateway set,
> connect() returns 'Network unreachable' error.
>
> Is there any way I could workaround this problem? (apart from setting
> local_ip_v4) Also, any other issues forseen if gateway isn't set ont he
> interface?
>
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