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Multicast Socket using C Programming Language

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Source Code of Server Program
#include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/socket.h> #include <arpa/inet.h> #include <netinet/in.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> struct in_addr localInterface; struct sockaddr_in group_socket_address; int socket_file_descriptor; char buffer[1024] = "Multicast test message lol!"; int data_length = sizeof(buffer); int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { socket_file_descriptor = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); if (socket_file_descriptor < 0) { perror("Opening datagram socket error"); exit(1); } else printf("Opening the datagram socket...OK.\n"); memset((char *) &group_socket_address, 0, sizeof(group_socket_address)); group_socket_address.sin_family = AF_INET; group_socket_address.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr("226.1.1.1"); group_socket_address.sin_port = htons(4321); localInterface.s_addr = inet_addr("203.106.93.94"); if (setsockopt(socket_file_descriptor, IPPROTO_IP, IP_MULTICAST_IF, (char *) &localInterface, sizeof(localInterface)) < 0) { perror("Setting local interface error"); exit(1); } else printf("Setting the local interface...OK\n"); if (sendto(socket_file_descriptor, buffer, data_length, 0, (struct sockaddr*) &group_socket_address, sizeof(group_socket_address)) < 0) perror("Sending datagram message error"); else printf("Sending datagram message...OK\n"); return 0; }

Source Code of Client Program
#include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/socket.h> #include <arpa/inet.h> #include <netinet/in.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> struct sockaddr_in local_socket_address; struct ip_mreq group; int socket_file_descriptor; int data_length; char buffer[1024]; int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { socket_file_descriptor = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); if (socket_file_descriptor < 0) { perror("Opening datagram socket error"); exit(1); } else { printf("Opening datagram socket....OK.\n"); int reuse = 1; if (setsockopt(socket_file_descriptor, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (char *) &reuse,sizeof(reuse)) < 0) { perror("Setting SO_REUSEADDR error"); close(socket_file_descriptor); exit(1); } else printf("Setting SO_REUSEADDR...OK.\n"); } memset((char *) &local_socket_address, 0, sizeof(local_socket_address)); local_socket_address.sin_family = AF_INET; local_socket_address.sin_port = htons(4321); local_socket_address.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY; if (bind(socket_file_descriptor, (struct sockaddr*) &local_socket_address, sizeof(local_socket_address))) { perror("Binding datagram socket error"); close(socket_file_descriptor); exit(1); } else printf("Binding datagram socket...OK.\n"); /* Join the multicast group 226.1.1.1 on the local 203.106.93.94 */ /* interface. Note that this IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP option must be */ /* called for each local interface over which the multicast */ /* datagrams are to be received. */ group.imr_multiaddr.s_addr = inet_addr("226.1.1.1"); group.imr_interface.s_addr = inet_addr("203.106.93.94"); if (setsockopt(socket_file_descriptor, IPPROTO_IP, IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP, (char *) &group, sizeof(group)) < 0) { perror("Adding multicast group error"); close(socket_file_descriptor); exit(1); } else printf("Adding multicast group...OK.\n"); /* Read from the socket. */ data_length = sizeof(buffer); if (read(socket_file_descriptor, buffer, data_length) < 0) { perror("Reading datagram message error"); close(socket_file_descriptor); exit(1); } else { printf("Reading datagram message...OK.\n"); printf("The message from multicast server is: \"%s\"\n", buffer); } return 0; }

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