Hi, I thought that the following was not (easily) possible? wjw ceph-osd-1 93349 14 tcp4 *:6804 *:* wjw ceph-osd-0 93336 43 tcp4 127.0.0.1:6804 *:* Or is it due to: - using SO_REUSEADDR - the fact that one address is more specific than the other and as such they are considered different? --WjW