Re: Question about listener configuration

music4 wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> My question is about listener.ora configuration. In listener.ora, we
> configure such lines:
>
> LISTENER=
> (DESCRIPTION_LIST =
> (DESCRIPTION =
> (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = svr1)(PORT = 1521))
> )
> )
>
> The HOST attribute define hostname or a IP address on which listener to
> listen.
>
> But according to my TCP/IP programming experience, when we develop a socket
> server, we don't have to specify a certain IP address to bind, we can just
> use ADDR_ANY, so that if the host machine has multi ip address (on different
> network segment), the socket server can listen on all IP address.
>
> I am wondering if this can be applied to listener.ora configuration. I mean
> I only specify something like "(HOST = ANY_ADDR)", so that listner can
> listen all IP address.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Evan

I really don't know. I generally don't set out to break products. It seems to me you are putting a lot of energy into avoiding nothing. Just specify the name and go on to something more challenging. ;-)

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