mcsender8
Multicast test tool to send multicast test packets
Usage
mcsender [-t<ttl>]
[-i<interface>]
ip:port
Overview
mcsender sends multicast packets to the specified IPv4 or IPv6 multicast address and port. The packets sent contain the string "this is the test message from mclab/mcsender\n".
Options
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Set the TTL (or hop limit for IPv6) to the specified value. |
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Specify the interface to use for outgoing multicast datagrams. |
Examples
To send datagrams to IPv4 multicast address 239.1.1.1 and port 12345 with a TTL of 3:
$ mcsender -t3 239.1.1.1:12345
To send datagrams to IPv4 multicast address 239.1.1.1 and port 12345 with a TTL of 3 out of interface eth1:
$ mcsender -ieth1 -t3 239.1.1.1:12345
To send datagrams to IPv6 multicast address ff15::1 and port 12345 with a hop limit of 3:
$ mcsender -t3 ff15::1:12345
To send datagrams to IPv6 multicast address ff15::1 and port 12345 with a hop limit of 3 out of interface eth1:
$ mcsender -ieth1 -t3 ff15::1:12345
Releases
6 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 2 times.