Option to bind Sunshine to a specific network interface?

[Fliesenmeister]

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Hey,
I noticed that when I have multiple LAN interfaces on my host, clients sometimes connect via the wrong one. Is there a way to tell Sunshine which network interface or IP to use for streaming?

If there’s already an option for that, I probably missed it – sorry in that case! But if not, I’d love to help add something like a bind_address setting.

[ReenigneArcher]

I'm not sure if this is allowed yet. Can you try the external_ip option and let me know if that works?

[Fliesenmeister]

Thanks! I actually already tried setting external_ip, but unfortunately it didn’t change the bind behavior – Sunshine still listens on all interfaces (0.0.0.0), and clients sometimes connect over the wrong LAN adapter.

I’d be happy to try adding a bind_address option that directly controls which interface/IP Sunshine listens on, if that's something you’d consider.

[ReenigneArcher]

Yea, I would definitely accept a PR for this!

[Fliesenmeister]

Awesome, thanks!