There is an issue with some Linux distributions (Raspian) where network interfaces are up and active, but do not have the correct link-local address. This condition is now checked and output to stderr to better help users troubleshoot this issue.
Signed-off-by: Noah Peterson [email protected] --- netsock.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/netsock.c b/netsock.c index feed21d..04f95c7 100644 --- a/netsock.c +++ b/netsock.c @@ -322,7 +322,23 @@ static int netsock_open(struct globals *globals, struct interface *interface) enable_raw_bind_capability(0); if (bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&sin6, sizeof(sin6)) < 0) { - perror("can't bind"); + if (errno == EADDRNOTAVAIL) + fprintf(stderr, "can't bind to interface %s; " + "expected ipv6 address not found: " + "%02x%02x::%02x%02x:%02x%02x:%02x%02x:%02x%02x\n", + interface->interface, + (int)interface->address.ipv6.s6_addr[0], + (int)interface->address.ipv6.s6_addr[1], + (int)interface->address.ipv6.s6_addr[8], + (int)interface->address.ipv6.s6_addr[9], + (int)interface->address.ipv6.s6_addr[10], + (int)interface->address.ipv6.s6_addr[11], + (int)interface->address.ipv6.s6_addr[12], + (int)interface->address.ipv6.s6_addr[13], + (int)interface->address.ipv6.s6_addr[14], + (int)interface->address.ipv6.s6_addr[15]); + else + perror("can't bind"); goto err; }
