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-/*
-** broadcaster.c -- a datagram "client" like talker.c, except
-** this one can broadcast
-*/
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <netdb.h>
-
-#define SERVERPORT 4950 // the port users will be connecting to
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
- int sockfd;
- struct sockaddr_in their_addr; // connector's address information
- struct hostent *he;
- int numbytes;
- int broadcast = 1;
- //char broadcast = '1'; // if that doesn't work, try this
-
- if (argc != 3) {
- fprintf(stderr,"usage: broadcaster hostname message\n");
- exit(1);
- }
-
- if ((he=gethostbyname(argv[1])) == NULL) { // get the host info
- perror("gethostbyname");
- exit(1);
- }
-
- if ((sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) == -1) {
- perror("socket");
- exit(1);
- }
-
- // this call is what allows broadcast packets to be sent:
- if (setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BROADCAST, &broadcast,
- sizeof broadcast) == -1) {
- perror("setsockopt (SO_BROADCAST)");
- exit(1);
- }
-
- their_addr.sin_family = AF_INET; // host byte order
- their_addr.sin_port = htons(SERVERPORT); // short, network byte order
- their_addr.sin_addr = *((struct in_addr *)he->h_addr);
- memset(their_addr.sin_zero, '\0', sizeof their_addr.sin_zero);
-
- if ((numbytes=sendto(sockfd, argv[2], strlen(argv[2]), 0,
- (struct sockaddr *)&their_addr, sizeof their_addr)) == -1) {
- perror("sendto");
- exit(1);
- }
-
- printf("sent %d bytes to %s\n", numbytes,
- inet_ntoa(their_addr.sin_addr));
-
- close(sockfd);
-
- return 0;
-} \ No newline at end of file