This may require slightly more testing, but basically I made ConnectionManager

more general, you can now listen to all local addresses (the old way), or
individual addressses.

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/connectionmanager.h b/src/connectionmanager.h
index e80119b..cff036b 100644
--- a/src/connectionmanager.h
+++ b/src/connectionmanager.h
@@ -37,15 +37,40 @@ public:
 
         /**
          * Starts a server socket and binds to it, listening for new connections.
+         * Unlike the version of this that takes two parameters, this listens on
+         * all local addresses, or the virtual 0.0.0.0 address if available, which
+         * is mapped to all active local addresses.
          *@param nPort The port to listen on.
-         *@param nInitPool The size of the initial connection pool.  This will
-         * grow automatically if necesarry.
          *@returns True if the socket was bound to the port and serving was
          * started.  False if there was a problem connecting to the port.
          */
         bool startServer( int nPort );
 
         /**
+         * Starts a server socket and binds to it, listening only on the address
+         * specified.  If you want to listen to all local addresses you can enter
+         * "0.0.0.0" for the address, but the version of this with one parameter
+         * is more universal.
+         *@param sAddr The local ip address to bind to
+         *@param nPort The port to listen on.
+         *@returns True if the socket was bound to the port and serving was
+         * started.  False if there was a problem connecting to the port.
+         */
+        bool startServer( const char *sAddr, int nPort );
+
+        /**
+         * I recomend probably not using this function on your own too much, it
+         * does the real work of setting up a socket, but requires a properly
+         * prepared sackaddr_in structure.  This isn't too hard, but it's easier
+         * to use the other startServer functions.  They call this function after
+         * some prepwork.
+         *@param name A properly formed sockaddr_in structure that will not be
+         * modified, but describes how to listen and to what to listen.
+         *@returns True on success.
+         */
+        bool startServer( struct sockaddr_in &name );
+
+        /**
          * This is identicle to the simpler startServer function except that it
          * will automatically try to connect multiple times in case the first
          * attempt or two doesn't work for some reason.  Initially this was