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Problems

Networking applications can run into difficulty when executed on a computer that has multiple network adaptors intalled. This is because the application will generally bind to all available network adaptors. This means the application may access the network via any of the available adaptors. Since not all adaptors necessarily have access to the specific network that the application is trying to connect to, it can give unpredictable results. The worst case scenario is that the the application fails to connect to the network

Control Point Issues

A control point application can experience problems when running on a PC/laptop that has multiple network adaptors intalled.

Media Server Issues

A media server application can experience problems when running on a PC/laptop that has multiple network adaptors intalled.