From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:38:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:38:12 -0500 Received: from [203.197.145.76] ([203.197.145.76]:1548 "HELO mailnpd.hcltech.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:38:04 -0500 Message-ID: <3C18BE10.BD213A78@npd.hcltech.com> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 20:11:20 +0530 From: S Ramesh Organization: HCL Technologies Limited X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kernel Subject: Binding to a interface Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, In case of unnumbered interfaces of a router( that does not possess a IP address ), lets assume the interfaces be SONET/SDH interface, how can we bind a socket to the specific interface. Does linux supports unnumbered interface concept if so how to bind the socket. Kindly throw some light on this area. TIA Ramesh