Looking at the code, MultiHomed only works when an addresses is specified in PeerAddr/PeerHost (as opposed to using connect like you did), and it only works when a domain name is specified (as opposed to an IP address like you did). Try: 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use IO::Socket::INET;

my $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new( 
    Proto      => 'tcp',
    PeerAddr   => 'alistapart.com',
    PeerPort   => 'http',
    MultiHomed => 1,
    Blocking   => 1,
    Type       => SOCK_STREAM,
)
   or die("Unable to connect: $!\n");
  

$sock->send(qq{GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n});
$sock->recv($buffer, 1024);
print $buffer . "\n";

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In reply to Re: Using MultiHomed not working in IO::Socket::INET? by ikegami
in thread Using MultiHomed not working in IO::Socket::INET? by vancetech

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