Re: [Boost-users] udp with virtual network cards

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] udp with virtual network cards
From: Martin Dyring-Andersen (mda_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-28 04:38:27

> If the client is on windows XP it works fine.
> Does anybody know if there is a problem related to Windows 7?

Hi Gianni,

If you by "virtual network card" mean "loopback adapter" this is not a boost/asio issue, but caused by changes to TCP/IP stack in recent Windows version. You'll need to enable weak host receive/send on the interfaces: 

http://blog.loadbalancer.org/direct-server-return-on-windows-2008-using-loopback-adpter/

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Best regards,
Martin Dyring-Andersen