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documentation clarification

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Arvid Norberg 2009-12-30 16:14:24 +00:00
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@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ is_listening() listen_port() listen_on()
``is_listening()`` will tell you whether or not the session has successfully
opened a listening port. If it hasn't, this function will return false, and
then you can use ``listen_on()`` to make another try.
then you can use ``listen_on()`` to make another attempt.
``listen_port()`` returns the port we ended up listening on. Since you just pass
a port-range to the constructor and to ``listen_on()``, to know which port it
@ -900,7 +900,10 @@ if it managed to open the socket, and false if it failed. If it fails, it will a
generate an appropriate alert (listen_failed_alert_).
The interface parameter can also be a hostname that will resolve to the device you
want to listen on.
want to listen on. If you don't specify an interface, libtorrent may attempt to
listen on multiple interfaces (typically 0.0.0.0 and ::). This means that if your
IPv6 interface doesn't work, you may still see a listen_failed_alert_, even though
the IPv4 port succeeded.
If you're also starting the DHT, it is a good idea to do that after you've called
``listen_on()``, since the default listen port for the DHT is the same as the tcp