Sending an IP Multicast Datagram Sample

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08/28/2006
The following sample application shows how to send an IP multicast datagram.
#include <windows.h> 
#include <winsock.h>

#define DEST_MCAST        "234.5.6.7"     
#define DESTINATION_PORT  4567            
#define SOURCE_PORT       0               

int WINAPI WinMain (
              HINSTANCE hInstance,    // Handle to the current instance
              HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,// Handle to the previous instance
              LPTSTR lpCmdLine,       // Pointer to the command line
              int nCmdShow)           // Show window state. 
{
  int iOptVal = 64;                   
  char szMessage[] = "Multicasting message!";                      
                                    // Sent message string
  TCHAR szError[100];               // Error message string
  SOCKET Sock = INVALID_SOCKET;     // Datagram window socket

  SOCKADDR_IN source_sin,           // Source socket address
              dest_sin;             // Destination socket address

  WSADATA WSAData;                  // Contains details of the 
                                    // Winsock implementation
    
  // Initialize Winsock. 
  if (WSAStartup (MAKEWORD(1,1), &WSAData) != 0) 
  {
    wsprintf (szError, TEXT("WSAStartup failed! Error: %d"), 
              WSAGetLastError ());
    MessageBox (NULL, szError, TEXT("Error"), MB_OK);
    return FALSE;
  }

  // Create a datagram window socket, Sock.
  if ((Sock = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) == INVALID_SOCKET) 
  {
    wsprintf (szError, TEXT("Allocating socket failed! Error: %d"), 
              WSAGetLastError ());
    MessageBox (NULL, szError, TEXT("Error"), MB_OK);
    return FALSE;
  }

  // Fill out source socket's address information.
  source_sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
  source_sin.sin_port = htons (SOURCE_PORT);  
  source_sin.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl (INADDR_ANY);

  // Associate the source socket's address with the socket, Sock.
  if (bind (Sock, 
            (struct sockaddr FAR *) &source_sin, 
            sizeof (source_sin)) == SOCKET_ERROR) 
  {
    wsprintf (szError, TEXT("Binding socket failed! Error: %d"), 
              WSAGetLastError ());
    MessageBox (NULL, szError, TEXT("Error"), MB_OK);
    closesocket (Sock);
    return FALSE;
  }
  
  // Set the Time-to-Live of the multicast.
  if (setsockopt (Sock, 
                  IPPROTO_IP, 
                  IP_MULTICAST_TTL, 
                  (char FAR *)&iOptVal, 
                  sizeof (int)) == SOCKET_ERROR)
  {
    wsprintf (szError, TEXT("setsockopt failed! Error: %d"), 
              WSAGetLastError ());
    MessageBox (NULL, szError, TEXT("Error"), MB_OK);
    closesocket (Sock);
    return FALSE;
  }
  
  // Fill out the desination socket's address information.
  dest_sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
  dest_sin.sin_port = htons (DESTINATION_PORT);  
  dest_sin.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr (DEST_MCAST);
  
  // Send a message to the multicasting address.
  if (sendto (Sock, 
              szMessage,
              strlen (szMessage) + 1,
              0,
              (struct sockaddr FAR *) &dest_sin,
              sizeof (dest_sin)) == SOCKET_ERROR)
  {
    wsprintf (szError, TEXT("sendto failed! Error: %d"), 
              WSAGetLastError ());
    MessageBox (NULL, szError, TEXT("Error"), MB_OK);
    closesocket (Sock);
    return FALSE;
  }
  else
    MessageBox (NULL, TEXT("Sending data succeeded!"), TEXT("Info"), 
                MB_OK);

  // Disable sending on Sock before closing it.
  shutdown (Sock, 0x01);

  // Close Sock.
  closesocket (Sock);

  WSACleanup ();

  return TRUE;
}
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Sending an IP Multicast Datagram Sample

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