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

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

Actually, you may want to download the new 1.1 version.  It should be =
pretty much synced up with the current CVS.

Mike

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Mike Bernico                     mbe...@il...
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Evgeniy Polyakov [mailto:jo...@2k...]
> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 8:38 AM
> To: Mike Bernico
> Cc: ys...@ya...; mc-...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Mc-mint-devel] RE: Port number (-p parameter)
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> On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 09:27:36 -0500
> "Mike Bernico" <mbe...@il...> wrote:
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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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> It is a bit outdated. Please use the latest CVS code and docs.
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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
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> Yep.
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> > > without any success. I keep getting this error
> > > messsage:
> > > "Unable to send 5 bytes"
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> There are thousands cases, where such error can occure.
> May be you can't generate multicast traffic because of misconfigured=20
> network interfase? Or firewall rule on your local machine forbids it
> ( hmm, but i really don't know is it the case)
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> 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.
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> > The port number should just be an arbitrary number you=20
> pick.  4321 is
> > usually the number we pick and the default. =20
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> Yep.
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> Anyway, i suggest you to use the latest CVS code and documentation.
> Good luck.
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> > Mike
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> P.S. Sorry for such a long pause :)
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> 	Evgeniy Polyakov ( s0mbre )
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