In article <45EC8D42.57D11665@xxxxxxxxxxx> you wrote: > True, which in my case is 255.255.255.255 (local broadcast). > (which is internally 0.0.0.0), but not if bound to 192.168.100.100 255.255.255.255 != 192.168.100.100 - thats why you dont receive traffic for 255.255.255.255 if you bind to 192.168.100.100 Gruss Bernd - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html