UDP sockets in ad hoc network (Ubuntu 9.10)
- by Ekhiotz
Hi!
I am using BSD sockets in Ubuntu 9.10 to send UDP packets in broadcast with the following code:
sock_fd = socket(PF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM,IPPROTO_UDP);
//sock_fd=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM,0);
receiver_addr.sin_family = PF_INET;
//does not send with broadcast in ad hoc
receiver_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_BROADCAST);
inet_aton("169.254.255.255",&receiver_addr.sin_addr);
receiver_addr.sin_port = htons(port);
int broadcast = 1;
// this call is what allows broadcast packets to be sent:
if (setsockopt(sock_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BROADCAST, &broadcast,
sizeof broadcast) == -1) {
perror("setsockopt (SO_BROADCAST)");
exit(1);
}
ret=sendto(sock_fd, packet, size, 0,(struct sockaddr*)&receiver_addr,sizeof(receiver_addr));
Note that is not all the code, it is only to have an idea.
The program sends all the data with INADDR_BROADCAST if I am connected to an infrastructure wireless network. However, if my laptop is connected to an ad-hoc network, it is able to receive all the data, but not to send it. I have solved the problem using the 169.254.255.255 broadcast address, but I would like to know what is going on.
Thank you in advance!
