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

[Evgeniy P. <jo...@2k...>]

On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 09:27:36 -0500
"Mike Bernico" <mbe...@il...> wrote:

> > Taken from your readme file:
> > USAGE EXAMPLES
> > --------------
> > 
> > Configure MINT to send 100 packets per second to group
> > 239.0.0.1 on port 4321:
> > 
> > mint -s -g 239.0.0.1 -p 4321 

It is a bit outdated. Please use the latest CVS code and docs.

> > I do not know what parameter to use for "-p". What
> > port number should I use? I've tried several numbers

Yep.

> > without any success. I keep getting this error
> > messsage:
> > "Unable to send 5 bytes"

There are thousands cases, where such error can occure.
May be you can't generate multicast traffic because of misconfigured 
network interfase? Or firewall rule on your local machine forbids it
( hmm, but i really don't know is it the case)

But in any case port number should not influence on possibility to
generate multicast traffic, except those cases, where your port is
already used by other programms, but in this case you should have bind
error.

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

Yep.

Anyway, i suggest you to use the latest CVS code and documentation.
Good luck.

> 
> Mike

P.S. Sorry for such a long pause :)

	Evgeniy Polyakov ( s0mbre )