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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I have following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> {ok,
Socket} = gen_udp:open(54321, [binary, {active, true}, {reuseaddr, true}]),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> ok =
inet:setopts(Socket, [{add_membership,{{233, 1, 2, 5}, {0, 0, 0, 0}}}]),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>On first use, it succeeds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>While first socket is in use,
opening another socket results in ‘eaddrinuse’ error, in spite of
{reuseaddr, true}.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I referred to past question: <a
href="http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2013-September/075275.html">http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2013-September/075275.html</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>And, also the background: <a
href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14388706/socket-options-so-reuseaddr-and-so-reuseport-how-do-they-differ-do-they-mean-t">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14388706/socket-options-so-reuseaddr-and-so-reuseport-how-do-they-differ-do-they-mean-t</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I gather that the error
should not occur for multicast use case. But still, since it does occur, hence
is this question (repeated). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Any resolution? This is on
Windows XP SP3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Avinash<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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