[Live-devel] issue with a streaming server having multiple network interfaces

[Ross Finlayson]

>I have tried it (I am having problems with a multiple-interface 
>machine). It seems to get halfway there: We now compute the 
>Content-Base URL appropriately (and source= element in the RTSP 
>SETUP reply [though the o= line of the SDP still has a different IP 
>address. This may be appropriate, I don't have a clear idea of how 
>it is used, if at all.]. However, the RTP and RTCP packets come from 
>the "wrong" IP address, i.e. not necessarily the IP address of the 
>interface that the connection was made to.
>
>It seems that some firewalls block all of the UDP traffic under 
>these circumstances. The UDP sockets need to be bound to the 
>appropriate interface, rather than INADDR_ANY, to ensure that they 
>come from the correct IP address.

You can do this by modifying your code to set 
"ReceivingInterfaceAddr" at the start.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/