Multicast Example programs

Multicast Example Program


Sender Program

/*
* sender.c -- multicasts "hello, world!" to a multicast group once a second
*
* Antony Courtney, 25/11/94
*/

#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include


#define HELLO_PORT 12345
#define HELLO_GROUP "225.0.0.37"

main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
struct sockaddr_in addr;
int fd, cnt;
struct ip_mreq mreq;
char *message="Hello, World!";

/* create what looks like an ordinary UDP socket */
if ((fd=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM,0)) < 0) {
perror("socket");
exit(1);
}

/* set up destination address */
memset(&addr,0,sizeof(addr));
addr.sin_family=AF_INET;
addr.sin_addr.s_addr=inet_addr(HELLO_GROUP);
addr.sin_port=htons(HELLO_PORT);

/* now just sendto() our destination! */
while (1) {
if (sendto(fd,message,sizeof(message),0,(struct sockaddr *) &addr,
sizeof(addr)) < 0) {
perror("sendto");
exit(1);
}
sleep(1);
}
}

Listener Program

/*
* listener.c -- joins a multicast group and echoes all data it receives from
* the group to its stdout...
*
* Antony Courtney, 25/11/94
* Modified by: Frédéric Bastien (25/03/04)
* to compile without warning and work correctly
*/

#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include


#define HELLO_PORT 12345
#define HELLO_GROUP "225.0.0.37"
#define MSGBUFSIZE 256

main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
struct sockaddr_in addr;
int fd, nbytes,addrlen;
struct ip_mreq mreq;
char msgbuf[MSGBUFSIZE];

u_int yes=1; /*** MODIFICATION TO ORIGINAL */

/* create what looks like an ordinary UDP socket */
if ((fd=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM,0)) < 0) {
perror("socket");
exit(1);
}


/**** MODIFICATION TO ORIGINAL */
/* allow multiple sockets to use the same PORT number */
if (setsockopt(fd,SOL_SOCKET,SO_REUSEADDR,&yes,sizeof(yes)) < 0) {
perror("Reusing ADDR failed");
exit(1);
}
/*** END OF MODIFICATION TO ORIGINAL */

/* set up destination address */
memset(&addr,0,sizeof(addr));
addr.sin_family=AF_INET;
addr.sin_addr.s_addr=htonl(INADDR_ANY); /* N.B.: differs from sender */
addr.sin_port=htons(HELLO_PORT);

/* bind to receive address */
if (bind(fd,(struct sockaddr *) &addr,sizeof(addr)) < 0) {
perror("bind");
exit(1);
}

/* use setsockopt() to request that the kernel join a multicast group */
mreq.imr_multiaddr.s_addr=inet_addr(HELLO_GROUP);
mreq.imr_interface.s_addr=htonl(INADDR_ANY);
if (setsockopt(fd,IPPROTO_IP,IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP,&mreq,sizeof(mreq)) < 0) {
perror("setsockopt");
exit(1);
}

/* now just enter a read-print loop */
while (1) {
addrlen=sizeof(addr);
if ((nbytes=recvfrom(fd,msgbuf,MSGBUFSIZE,0,
(struct sockaddr *) &addr,&addrlen)) < 0) {
perror("recvfrom");
exit(1);
}
puts(message);
}
}