Method _Stdio.UDP()->set_multicast_ttl()

Method set_multicast_ttl

int set_multicast_ttl(int ttl)

Description

Set the time-to-live value of outgoing multicast packets for this socket.

Parameter ttl

The number of router hops sent multicast packets should survive.

It is very important for multicast packets to set the smallest TTL possible. The default before calling this function is 1 which means that multicast packets don't leak from the local network unless the user program explicitly requests it.

See also the Unix man page for setsocketopt IPPROTO_IP IP_MULTICAST_TTL and IPPROTO_IPV6 IPV6_MULTICAST_HOPS.

Note

This function did not support IPv6 in Pike 7.8 and earlier.

See also

add_membership()