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  1. #1
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    Broadcasting in Networks

    Hi ,
    I am doing a project in networking.I have some nodes like 20 nodes and i start sending a packet from a node and broadcast that packet to its neighbours.I could implement till sending of packet to first neighbour but i m having a problem with broadcasting..could anyone help me out with this...like could you suggest me how to go about it or if there is any code which i can use...

    thanks,
    aravind

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    Re: Broadcasting in Networks

    What you are doing is multicasting which requires a UDP connection and special IP address ranges. I suggest you start with a Google search for UDP multicast and see what turns up.

    Regards
    Alan

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    Re: Broadcasting in Networks

    Hi Alan,
    I am actually working on AODV routing protocol....so i tried to implement it in c++ but jus got struck at broadcasting....

    Thanks,
    aravind

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    Re: Broadcasting in Networks

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    Re: Broadcasting in Networks

    thank you for moving into network programming...could anyone give me a code for broadcasting a packet in network....

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    Re: Broadcasting in Networks

    It's simple. You just send packet to broadcast address.
    i.e.
    Your network: 192.168.1.0/24, then
    broadcast address will be 192.168.1.255
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    Re: Broadcasting in Networks

    And set the SO_BROADCAST socket option.

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    Broadcasting in Networks

    Actually i am doing my program in c++

    thanks

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    Re: Broadcasting in Networks

    Quote Originally Posted by jimmy.peyton.v
    Actually i am doing my program in c++

    thanks
    Yes, the information we gave you is for C/C++ programming.

    Mike

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