UdpClient.DropMulticastGroup Method (IPAddress)

The DropMulticastGroup method withdraws the UdpClient from the multicast group identified by the specified IPAddress. After calling the DropMulticastGroup method, the underlying Socket sends an Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) packet to the router, removing the router from the multicast group. After a UdpClient withdraws from the group, it will no longer be able to receive datagrams sent to that group.

Note
If you receive a SocketException, use SocketException.ErrorCode to obtain the specific error code. Once you have obtained this code, you can refer to the Windows Sockets version 2 API error code documentation in MSDN for a detailed description of the error.

The following example demonstrates how to drop a multicast group by providing a multicast address.

      // Send data to ClientTarget.
      Console.WriteLine("\nThe ClientOriginator sent:\n");
      Send.OriginatorSendData(clientOriginator, m_ClientTargetdest);

      // Receive data from ClientTarget
      Ret = Receive.ReceiveUntilStop(clientOriginator);

      // Stop the ClientTarget thread
      m_t.Abort();

      // Abandon the multicast group.
      clientOriginator.DropMulticastGroup(m_GrpAddr);

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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