Re: sending Broadcasts

[Glynn Clements]

Thomas Angst wrote:

> I try to send a broadcast UDP packet from a linux C program.
> I can send to every address where I want, but not to the broadcast address.
> What's wrong?

You need to use:

        int one = 1;
        setsockopt(sock_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BROADCAST, &one, sizeof(one));

to enable broadcasts (they are disabled by default).

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Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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