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Mcsend C

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

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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