Login or Register to Ask a Question and Join Our Community


Programming

Joining multicast group on IPADDR_ANY - which interface?

Login to Discuss or Reply to this Discussion in Our Community

 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Top Forums Programming Joining multicast group on IPADDR_ANY - which interface?
# 1  
Old 01-19-2005
Joining multicast group on IPADDR_ANY - which interface?
Hello all,

I have the following question:

if you join a multicast group (with setsockopt() and IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP) and specify INADDR_ANY as network interface to join on, the kernel is supposed to choose which interface to use (if there are multiple network interfaces, of course).
Does anybody here know how this default interface is chosen? How can I find out which interface on some machine will be used in this case, how can I configure a particular interface to be used as default for multicast join (if INADDR_ANY is used)?

I would appreciate any suggestions.

Alex.
# 2  
Old 01-19-2005
The interface is chosen using the IP routing table.
# 3  
Old 01-20-2005
Thanks for the reply Neo,

would you mind going into some more detail on this? I'm just not that familiar with networking issues...

Alex.
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

8 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. IP Networking

Multicast IP address

Hi please help, theoretically I',m interested in starting a streaming service using multicast IP service. I'd like to know how do I get an IP address that I can send my data too? (please don't just point me too Internet Assigned Numbers Authority as ive been there and it just seem to state... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: fishman2001
1 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Joining multi-line output to a single line in a group

Hi, My Oracle query is returing below o/p ---------------------------------------------------------- Ins trnas value a lkp1 x a lkp1 y b lkp1 a b lkp2 x b lkp2 y ... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: gvk25
7 Replies

3. SCO

Change SCO - GUI or Desktop interface to DOS based interface

Hi all I have installed a demo version of SCO OpenServer 5.0.2, I finally found it is Desktop Interface, I would like to know how to change its interface to dos based interface? If you have any ideas, please tell me then. Thank you (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: TinhNhi
2 Replies

4. Solaris

Command line Interface or GUI Interface not shown on solaris

Dear all, I am a newbie in solaris and I need your advice. I have a Solaris version 5.9 installed on Sunfire V240. I am able to ssh the machine from putty remotely. My problem is that I cannot see the display from KVM switch I have connected to it. I need also to be able to see the GUI... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: mbouster
2 Replies

5. Solaris

Reboot, System is Frozen at setting interface for multicast HELP

I'm not an advanced user by any strech, that being said here is my problem: I ran "reboot" on a sun blade 2500 When loading up it runs through the usual routine, checking disks, filesystems and then it locks up after the following message: ***** starting rpc services: rpcbind... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: eyukins
6 Replies

6. Solaris

multicast config

On SUN Solaris 10, if I want to multicast packets between nodes, whether it must config the multicast IP from OS, if yes, how to do it? (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: Frank2004
0 Replies

7. Linux

How to multicast on different IP network

On Linux, I have configured two different IP address for two network device eth0 ,eth1 , in my program, I want to multicast differently on these two network, I know it must add route for single network and I try to config another route for second network,but it can not work correctly, how to config... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: Frank2004
0 Replies

8. HP-UX

How to multicast on different IP network

Hi, there On HP-UX, I want to multicast packets on two different IP network repectively. The two NIC are configured with two different IP. The routes are added with one default and one net for each IP . The multisender programs bind their own local IP, multireceiver programs add the... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: Frank2004
0 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question