Method _Stdio.UDP()->enable_multicast()

Method enable_multicast

bool enable_multicast(string reply_address)

Description

Set the local device for a multicast socket.

Parameter reply_address

Local address that should appear in the multicast packets.

See also the Unix man page for setsocketopt IPPROTO_IP IP_MULTICAST_IF and IPPROTO_IPV6 IPV6_MULTICAST_IF.

Note

This function did not support IPv6 in Pike 7.8.