How to bind socket to an interface in python (socket.SO_BINDTODEVICE missing)

Question

This is probably a very simple thing. I\'m new to python so don\'t crucify me.

s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_         


        

Answer 1

You may even "export" a missing option:

if not hasattr(socket,'SO_BINDTODEVICE') :
    socket.SO_BINDTODEVICE = 25

then

sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_BINDTODEVICE, interface+'\0')