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1 | MNC - Multicast NetCat |
| 2 | ------------------------ | |
| 3 | ||
| 4 | 1. Introduction | |
| 5 | ||
| 6 | mnc is a simple, one-direction-at-a-time, "netcat"-like application using | |
| 7 | multicast. The aim is to provide a tool for easy debugging and testing when | |
| 8 | setting up a multicast network or host. MNC supports IPv4 and IPv6 | |
| 9 | any-source-multicast and single-source-multicast, but depending on your | |
| 10 | platform some of those features may not be available: | |
| 11 | ||
| 12 | L = Listen (Implies IGMP/MLD mupport) | |
| 13 | S = Send | |
| 14 | ||
| 15 | +----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ | |
| 16 | | Platform | IPv4 ASM | IPv4 SSM | IPv6 ASM | IPv6 SSM | | |
| 17 | +----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ | |
| 18 | | *nix | L + S | L + S | L + S | L + S | | |
| 19 | +----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ | |
| 20 | | Win2k | L + S | S | None | None | | |
| 21 | +----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ | |
| 22 | | WinXP | L + S | L + S | S | S | | |
| 23 | +----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ | |
| 24 | | Win2k3 | L + S | L + S | S | S | | |
| 25 | +----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ | |
| 26 | ||
| 27 | man doc/mnc.1 for information and help on how to run multicast. | |
| 28 | ||
| 29 | 2. Supported platforms | |
| 30 | ||
| 31 | As of September 2004, mnc has been compiled and tested with Linux 2.6.8 | |
| 32 | kernels, the BSD KAME stack and Windows XP Profesional. Currently automatic | |
| 33 | interface selection does not work on a KAME-based host and you will need to | |
| 34 | specify the interface when in listening mode. | |
| 35 | ||
| 36 | 3. Installing mnc from source on UNIX: | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | ./configure ; make ; make install | |
| 39 | ||
| 40 | 4. Compiling from source on Windows: | |
| 41 | ||
| 42 | nmc is compilable with free utilities available from Microsoft. You need to | |
| 43 | download and install the free (as in beer) MS Visual C++ command-line tools | |
| 44 | from: | |
| 45 | ||
| 46 | http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/ | |
| 47 | ||
| 48 | and the SDK relevant to your platform from: | |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/ | |
| 51 | ||
| 52 | You can run a Visual C++ command-line session, and use: | |
| 53 | ||
| 54 | cl /DWINDOWS=1 /TC /c *.c | |
| 55 | link /fixed /out:mnc.exe *.obj ws2_32.lib | |
| 56 | ||
| 57 | to compile a working mnc.exe. The Windows version of MNC does not yet fully | |
| 58 | support IPv6 due to underlying limitation in the Operating System. | |
| 59 | ||
| 60 | 5. Reporting problems | |
| 61 | ||
| 62 | Any problems, bugs or suggested features should be mailed to colm | |
| 63 | at apache.org. |