Re: can run multiple IOCs on single host?

[Ralph Lange <Ralph.Lange@gmx.de>]

On February 11, 2015 2:02:15 PM GMT+01:00, Dirk Zimoch <dirk.zimoch@psi.ch> wrote:
>Since you have EPICS_CA_AUTO_ADDR_LIST=NO and 
>EPICS_CA_ADDR_LIST="100.100.10.255 localhost", I suspect that you run 
>the IOCs and caget on the same host and 100.100.10.255 is NOT the 
>broadcast address of that host. Because in that case caget finds the 
>channels at "localhost" and that is a unicast address with the known 
>limitations.

I have seen 127.255.255.255 (i.e. the broadcast address of localhost) working. But I also have seen it not working, and I have no insight what exactly is needed in the network stack for it to work.
Worth a try, in any case.

~Ralph