[Wine] force usage of network interface

Marcel W. Wysocki maci at satgnu.net
Sat Mar 15 20:37:26 CDT 2008


> Is there any way to force wine to use a specific network interface?
> I have the following setup:
> 
> eth0 internet interface
> tun0 openvpn
> 
> some programs use broadcasting (Starcraft). I don't know how it determines which device to use. It probably takes the first it does see. (Or is it wine doing that ?)
> the problem is that starcraft just send the packages out via eth0.
> 
> for windows there is a tool called ForceBindIP http://www.r1ch.net/stuff/forcebindip/ which does exactly what i need.
> unfortunally it doesnt work in wine
> i know it could be solved by using a bridged vpn instead of a tunnel, but that is no option for me.

ok, fixed the issue, sometimes its just too easy ;)
route add -host 255.255.255.255 tun0
did the trick
-- 
Marcel W. Wysocki <maci at satgnu.net>
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