From 1326a4c162af08975d5af63307304ac84ed302e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brandon Nozaki Miller <brandon@diginow.it>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 21:52:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] updated for default system networking preference ipv4 or ipv6

---
 .brackets.json |  3 +++
 README.md      |  4 ++--
 node-ipc.js    | 12 ++++++++----
 package.json   |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .brackets.json

diff --git a/.brackets.json b/.brackets.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42bf8a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.brackets.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "sbruchmann.staticpreview.basepath": "/home/bmiller/git/node-ipc/"
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7e847be..84a85cf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Set these variables in the ``ipc.config`` scope to overwrite or set default valu
         appspace        : 'app.',
         socketRoot      : '/tmp/',
         id              : os.hostname(),
-        networkHost     : '127.0.0.1', //we use this instead of localhost as default because windows without network connection turns dns off and is unable to find localhost like other... smarter... OSes
+        networkHost     : 'localhost', //should resolve to 127.0.0.1 or ::1 see the table below related to this
         networkPort     : 8000,
         encoding        : 'utf8',
         silent          : false,
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ Used to create TCP, TLS or UDP Socket Server to which Clients can bind or other
 
 | variable | required | definition |
 |----------|----------|------------|
-| host     | optional | If not specified this defaults to 127.0.0.1. For TCP, TLS & UDP servers this is most likely going to be 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0 unless you have something like [node-http-server](https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/node-http-server) installed to run subdomains for you. |
+| host     | optional | If not specified this defaults to the first address in os.networkInterfaces(). For TCP, TLS & UDP servers this is most likely going to be 127.0.0.1 or ::1 |
 | port     | optional | The port on which the TCP, UDP, or TLS Socket server will be bound, this defaults to 8000 if not specified |
 | UDPType  | optional | If set this will create the server as a UDP socket. 'udp4' or 'udp6' are valid values. This defaults to not being set.
 | callback | optional | Function to be called when the server is created |
diff --git a/node-ipc.js b/node-ipc.js
index fc573d5..7eac337 100644
--- a/node-ipc.js
+++ b/node-ipc.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 var os          = require('os'),
+    dns         = require('dns'),
     util        = require('util'),
     colors      = require('colors'),
     pubsub      = require('event-pubsub'),
@@ -21,7 +22,9 @@ colors.setTheme(
 var defaults={
     appspace        : 'app.',
     socketRoot      : '/tmp/',
-    networkHost     : '127.0.0.1',
+    networkHost     : os.networkInterfaces()[
+        Object.keys(os.networkInterfaces())[0]
+    ][0].address,
     networkPort     : 8000,
     id              : os.hostname(),
     encoding        : 'utf8',
@@ -160,17 +163,18 @@ function serveNet(host,port,UDPType,callback){
     
     if(!callback)
         callback=function(){};
-        
+
+
     ipc.server=new Server(
         host,
         ipc.config,
         log,
         port
     );
-    
+
     if(UDPType)
         ipc.server[UDPType]=true;
-    
+
     ipc.server.on(
         'start',
         callback
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4f6d726..191f2f2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "node-ipc",
-  "version": "1.1.13",
+  "version": "1.2.1",
   "description": "A nodejs module for local and remote Inter Process Communication (IPC), Neural Networking, and able to facilitate machine learning.",
   "main": "node-ipc.js",
   "directories": {