IPV6_MULTICAST_LOOP(2const)

IPV6_MULTICAST_LOOP2const

Loop back sent multicast packets to local sockets

Usage

#include <netinet/in.h>  /* Definition of IP* constants */
#include <sys/socket.h>

int setsockopt(int sockfd, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_MULTICAST_LOOP, const int *enable, sizeof(int)); int getsockopt(int sockfd, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_MULTICAST_LOOP, int *enabled, sizeof(int));

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

Control whether the socket sees multicast packets that it has send itself.

Errors

See IPPROTO_IPV6(2const). See setsockopt(2). See ipv6(7).

History

IPV6_MULTICAST_LOOP

POSIX.1-2001.

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