#include /* for fprintf() */ #include /* for socket(), connect(), send(), and recv() */ #include /* for sockaddr_in and inet_addr() */ #include /* for atoi() and exit() */ #include /* for memset() */ #include /* for sleep() */ void DieWithError(char *errorMessage); /* External error handling function */ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int sock; /* Socket */ struct sockaddr_in multicastAddr; /* Multicast address */ char *multicastIP; /* IP Multicast address */ unsigned short multicastPort; /* Server port */ char *sendString; /* String to multicast */ unsigned char multicastTTL; /* TTL of multicast packets */ unsigned int sendStringLen; /* Length of string to multicast */ if ((argc < 4) || (argc > 5)) /* Test for correct number of parameters */ { fprintf(stderr,"Usage: %s []\n", argv[0]); exit(1); } multicastIP = argv[1]; /* First arg: multicast IP address */ multicastPort = atoi(argv[2]); /* Second arg: multicast port */ sendString = argv[3]; /* Third arg: String to multicast */ if (argc == 5) /* Is TTL specified on command-line? */ multicastTTL = atoi(argv[4]); /* Command-line specified TTL */ else multicastTTL = 1; /* Default TTL = 1 */ /* Create socket for sending/receiving datagrams */ if ((sock = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP)) < 0) DieWithError("socket() failed"); /* Set TTL of multicast packet */ if (setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IP, IP_MULTICAST_TTL, (void *) &multicastTTL, sizeof(multicastTTL)) < 0) DieWithError("setsockopt() failed"); /* Construct local address structure */ memset(&multicastAddr, 0, sizeof(multicastAddr)); /* Zero out structure */ multicastAddr.sin_family = AF_INET; /* Internet address family */ multicastAddr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(multicastIP);/* Multicast IP address */ multicastAddr.sin_port = htons(multicastPort); /* Multicast port */ sendStringLen = strlen(sendString); /* Find length of sendString */ for (;;) /* Run forever */ { /* Multicast sendString in datagram to clients every 3 seconds */ if (sendto(sock, sendString, sendStringLen, 0, (struct sockaddr *) &multicastAddr, sizeof(multicastAddr)) != sendStringLen) DieWithError("sendto() sent a different number of bytes than expected"); sleep(3); } /* NOT REACHED */ }