[zeromq-dev] ZBeacon multiple interface support

[Arnaud Loonstra]

Hi All,

I was refactoring the ZBeacon code in Pyre to start thinking about 
using it on multiple interfaces. Imagine a simple laptop with a wireless 
and wired NIC.

ZBeacon now tries the first interface it can get its hands on or it 
tries INADDR_ANY.

To support multiple interfaces it would need to transmit the ipaddress 
of the interface it is broadcasting on. Then Zyre would also need to 
support multiple endpoint addresses of nodes.

I can imagine having the zyre_node class start zbeacon instances on 
every interface it finds. Or have zbeacon itself open sockets on every 
interface. I don't know what would be most suitable approach? Especially 
with networks being plugged in and out...

Has anybody already thought this true? Any suggestions?

Rg,

Arnaud