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Linux built-in or open source program to join multicast group?
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I'm using tcpdump to capture multicast packets and had to code up a custom program to join multicast feeds so tcpdump will "see" the packets. Just wondering if netcat or any other applications can perform this function instead?
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One can use socat to subscribe to groups. This works nicely for both L2 and L3 subscription: This will subscribe to group using the interface with address . The bit listens for packets on a dummy group and udp port that should not receive any data t…
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