[BusyBox] Got it! SO_REUSEADDR.

Erik Andersen andersen at codepoet.org
Sat May 4 21:41:11 UTC 2002


On Fri May 03, 2002 at 10:53:57PM -0400, Tom Oehser wrote:
> 
> >Quoting "man 7 ip":
> 
>  A TCP local socket address that has been bound is  unavailable  for  some  time
>  after closing, unless the SO_REUSEADDR flag has been set.  Care should be taken
>  when using this flag as it makes TCP less reliable.
> 
> nc does it, busybox nc doesn't. -Tom

Ahha!  Ok, I'll add that right in...

 -Erik

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