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    Mcsend C

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    This C code defines a multicast client program that allows a user to enter strings from standard input and send them to a multicast group specified by IP address and port number. It validates the command line arguments, creates a socket, configures the socket's time-to-live and address, then continuously reads input and sends it to the multicast group until the user terminates the program.

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    Mcsend C

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    This C code defines a multicast client program that allows a user to enter strings from standard input and send them to a multicast group specified by IP address and port number. It validates the command line arguments, creates a socket, configures the socket's time-to-live and address, then continuously reads input and sends it to the multicast group until the user terminates the program.

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    Multicast send using C

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    mcsend.c

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    This C code defines a multicast client program that allows a user to enter strings from standard input and send them to a multicast group specified by IP address and port number. It validates the command line arguments, creates a socket, configures the socket's time-to-live and address, then continuously reads input and sends it to the multicast group until the user terminates the program.

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    Mcsend C

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    This C code defines a multicast client program that allows a user to enter strings from standard input and send them to a multicast group specified by IP address and port number. It validates the command line arguments, creates a socket, configures the socket's time-to-live and address, then continuously reads input and sends it to the multicast group until the user terminates the program.

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    #include <sys/types.

    h> /* for type definitions */


    #include <sys/socket.h> /* for socket API function calls */
    #include <netinet/in.h> /* for address structs */
    #include <arpa/inet.h> /* for sockaddr_in */
    #include <stdio.h> /* for printf() */
    #include <stdlib.h> /* for atoi() */
    #include <string.h> /* for strlen() */
    #include <unistd.h> /* for close() */
    #define MAX_LEN 1024 /* maximum string size to send */
    #define MIN_PORT 1024 /* minimum port allowed */
    #define MAX_PORT 65535 /* maximum port allowed */
    int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    int sock; /* socket descriptor */
    char send_str[MAX_LEN]; /* string to send */
    struct sockaddr_in mc_addr; /* socket address structure */
    unsigned int send_len; /* length of string to send */
    char* mc_addr_str; /* multicast IP address */
    unsigned short mc_port; /* multicast port */
    unsigned char mc_ttl=1; /* time to live (hop count) */
    /* validate number of arguments */
    if (argc != 3) {
    fprintf(stderr,
    "Usage: %s <Multicast IP> <Multicast Port>\n",
    argv[0]);
    exit(1);
    }
    mc_addr_str = argv[1]; /* arg 1: multicast IP address */
    mc_port = atoi(argv[2]); /* arg 2: multicast port number */
    /* validate the port range */
    if ((mc_port < MIN_PORT) || (mc_port > MAX_PORT)) {
    fprintf(stderr, "Invalid port number argument %d.\n",
    mc_port);
    fprintf(stderr, "Valid range is between %d and %d.\n",
    MIN_PORT, MAX_PORT);
    exit(1);
    }
    /* create a socket for sending to the multicast address */
    if ((sock = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP)) < 0) {
    perror("socket() failed");
    exit(1);
    }
    /* set the TTL (time to live/hop count) for the send */
    if ((setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IP, IP_MULTICAST_TTL,
    (void*) &mc_ttl, sizeof(mc_ttl))) < 0) {
    perror("setsockopt() failed");
    exit(1);
    }
    /* construct a multicast address structure */
    memset(&mc_addr, 0, sizeof(mc_addr));
    mc_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
    mc_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(mc_addr_str);
    mc_addr.sin_port = htons(mc_port);
    printf("Begin typing (return to send, ctrl-C to quit):\n");
    /* clear send buffer */
    memset(send_str, 0, sizeof(send_str));
    while (fgets(send_str, MAX_LEN, stdin)) {
    send_len = strlen(send_str);
    /* send string to multicast address */
    if ((sendto(sock, send_str, send_len, 0,
    (struct sockaddr *) &mc_addr,
    sizeof(mc_addr))) != send_len) {
    perror("sendto() sent incorrect number of bytes");
    exit(1);
    }
    /* clear send buffer */
    memset(send_str, 0, sizeof(send_str));
    }
    close(sock);
    exit(0);
    }

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