Bind exception

[eeh]

Hi,

I got bind exception (Jave.ent.BindException: Cannot assign requested
address: JVM_BIND) when the following statement is executed.

ss=new ServerSocket(0x55,0,InetAddress.getByName("192.168 .0.8"));

The host 192.168.0.8 is on and can be pinged.

Could anyone tell me why?

When I change the stement to be

ss=new ServerSocket(0x55);

no exception is thrown.

Thanks!

[Michael Banzon]

eeh wrote:

The host 192.168.0.8 is on and can be pinged.

But is it the IP address of the machine that's running the code?? It
should be...

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Michael Banzon
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[eeh]

>

But is it the IP address of the machine that's running the code?? It
should be...

Not from the same computer, actually it is a network standalone device.

[Gordon Beaton]

On 16 Mar 2005 00:32:49 -0800, eeh wrote:

But is it the IP address of the machine that's running the code?? It
should be...

Not from the same computer, actually it is a network standalone
device.

If your host doesn't have a network interface with that address, you
can't do it. A socket (Socket or Serversocket) can only bind to the
address of one of the host's network interfaces.

Specifying a portnumber alone works because the address defaults to
the wildcard address (0.0.0.0), which matches all of the host's
interfaces.

What are you trying to do?

/gordon

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[eeh]

> If your host doesn't have a network interface with that address, you

can't do it. A socket (Socket or Serversocket) can only bind to the
address of one of the host's network interfaces.
The device does have network interface and the server socket is working

when no specified IP is given. Pinging to the device is successful.
What are you trying to do?

Actually the device is a parallel ethernet converter.

[eeh]

> > If your host doesn't have a network interface with that address,
you

can't do it. A socket (Socket or Serversocket) can only bind to the
address of one of the host's network interfaces.

OK, I get your meaning. The server socket cannot be applied to a IP
from a remote host.