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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:16:15 -0700
Subject: Re: Problem receiving UDP broadcast packets.
From: Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree though that you're kind of pushing IP in a direction it wasn't
> intended to go.

It just occurred to me: You might get some additional mileage out of
popping the network adapter into promiscuous mode.  In fact, it Might
be necessary irrespective of the rest of your approach.