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Network interface selection for outgoing UDP multicast datagrams

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Default  selection  is  the  loop-back interface.  Users  who  require
interoperation  between  WSJT-X   instances  cooperating  applications
running on different hosts should  select a suitable network interface
and  carefully choose  a multicast  group address,  and TTL,  that has
minimal scope covering the necessary  network(s). Using 224.0.0.1 is a
reasonable    strategy    if   all    hosts    are    on   the    same
subnet. Administratively  scoped multicast group addresses  like those
within 239.255.0.0/16  can cover larger  boundaries, but care  must be
taken if the local subnet has access to a multicast enabled router.

The  IPv4  broadcast  address  (255.255.255.255) may  be  used  as  an
alternative  to multicast  UDP, but  note that  WSJT-X will  only send
broadcast UDP datagrams  on the loop-back interface,  so all recipient
applications must be running on the same host system.

The reference UDP Message protocol  applications are being extended to
be configurable  with a list of  interfaces to join a  multicast group
address on. By default they will only join on the loop-back interface,
which is also  recommended for any applications designed  to take part
in the WSJT-X  UDP Message Protocol. This allows full  user control of
the  scope of  multicast  group membership  with  a very  conservative
default  mode  that will  work  with  all interoperating  applications
running on the same host system.
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Bill Somerville
2020-11-02 15:33:44 +00:00
parent 9e71d07075
commit 662ed0fa7a
11 changed files with 510 additions and 139 deletions
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UDPExamples/UDPDaemon.cpp
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@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
#include <QCoreApplication>
#include <QCommandLineParser>
#include <QCommandLineOption>
#include <QString>
#include <QStringList>
#include <QDateTime>
#include <QTime>
#include <QHash>
@@ -144,7 +147,7 @@ class Server
Q_OBJECT
public:
Server (port_type port, QHostAddress const& multicast_group)
Server (port_type port, QHostAddress const& multicast_group, QStringList const& network_interface_names)
: server_ {new MessageServer {this}}
{
// connect up server
@@ -154,7 +157,7 @@ public:
connect (server_, &MessageServer::client_opened, this, &Server::add_client);
connect (server_, &MessageServer::client_closed, this, &Server::remove_client);
server_->start (port, multicast_group);
server_->start (port, multicast_group, network_interface_names);
}
private:
@@ -232,9 +235,19 @@ int main (int argc, char * argv[])
app.translate ("UDPDaemon", "GROUP"));
parser.addOption (multicast_addr_option);
QCommandLineOption network_interface_option (QStringList {"i", "network-interface"},
app.translate ("UDPDaemon",
"Where <INTERFACE> is the network interface name to join on.\n"
"This option can be passed more than once to specify multiple network interfaces\n"
"The default is use just the loop back interface."),
app.translate ("UDPDaemon", "INTERFACE"));
parser.addOption (network_interface_option);
parser.process (app);
Server server {static_cast<port_type> (parser.value (port_option).toUInt ()), QHostAddress {parser.value (multicast_addr_option)}};
Server server {static_cast<port_type> (parser.value (port_option).toUInt ())
, QHostAddress {parser.value (multicast_addr_option).trimmed ()}
, parser.values (network_interface_option)};
return app.exec ();
}