Chapter 13. Broadcasting with UDP
Communication would be inefficient if it always had to be accomplished between two individuals. Broadcasting, on the other hand, allows information to be disseminated to many recipients at once.
In this chapter, you will learn how to
Establish a broadcast UDP socket
Send broadcast messages with a socket
Receive broadcast messages with a socket
Upon completion of this chapter, you will know how to write programs using IPv4 socket broadcast facilities.
Understanding Broadcast Addresses
To use broadcasting, you must know about certain IP broadcast address conventions for IPv4. (Review Figure 3.1 in Chapter 3, "Address Conversion Functions.") Recall that the IP address is split between the Network ID portion on the left ...
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