Getting `Can't assign requested address` java.net.SocketException using Ehcache multicast

Question

Getting java.net.SocketException when trying to start a multicast provider:

2013-09-11 11:45:44,204 [main] ERROR net.sf.ehcache.distribution.Mul         


        

Answer 1

A slight variation on the accepted answer: You can also add the following line of code to your java code:

System.setProperty("java.net.preferIPv4Stack", "true");