[Mc-mint-devel] RE: Port number (-p parameter)

[Mike B. <mbe...@il...>]

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> I am a final year university student, working on a
> network testing project. I'm required to use MINT to
> generate multicast traffic. I need to send this
> multicast traffic to 2 wireless clients.=20
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> Taken from your readme file:
> USAGE EXAMPLES
> --------------
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> Configure MINT to send 100 packets per second to group
> 239.0.0.1 on port 4321:
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> mint -s -g 239.0.0.1 -p 4321=20
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> I do not know what parameter to use for "-p". What
> port number should I use? I've tried several numbers
> without any success. I keep getting this error
> messsage:
> "Unable to send 5 bytes"


The port number should just be an arbitrary number you pick.  4321 is =
usually the number we pick and the default. =20


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> The PC which I'm using to generate the traffic is
> directly connected to the access point with a UTP
> cable. I was able to ping stations associated with the
> wireless network using this PC.
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I'm not exactly sure what is causing this error.  What operating system =
are you using?  I'll CC this to our development list, perhaps someone =
there knows more


Mike


> I am using these devices for the wireless network:
> Access point: D-Link DWL-1000AP
> WLAN adapters: D-Link DWL-650
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> Please reply ASAP. Thanking you in advance.
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