title: Binding JVM to An IP Other than Default
body: <p>I have a multihomed system with multiple NICs and IPs.</p>
  
  <p>I am not %100 sure how my Sun JVM chooses the IP representing 'this' system (that's the "<strong>source IP</strong>" when connecting to another system using Socket or URLConnection). Does it pick the system default NIC, or perhaps it does a reverse lookup on the system's name? etc.</p>
  
  <p>In any case, is there a way to explicitly bind the JVM to a specific IP?</p>
  
  <p>Alternatively, if anyone knows how to do that from Axis Webservices framework, that would be immensely helpful.</p>
  
  <p>Much appreciated..</p>