[erlang-questions] windows multicast

Tue May 13 09:08:37 CEST 2014

If you're looking for a UDP-based tool to discover and connect nodes (multicast/broadcast) you might find this one useful

https://github.com/schlagert/bootstrap

It is able to handle multiple nodes per host.

Regards
Tobias

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Von: "Jörg Maushake" [joerg.maushake@REDACTED]
Gesendet: Montag, 12. Mai 2014 21:54
An: Tobias Schlager
Cc: Erlang
Betreff: Aw: Re: [erlang-questions] windows multicast

Ok, important to know this, good advice, so the solution needs to deal with those variants

> Gesendet: Montag, 12. Mai 2014 um 11:04 Uhr
> Von: "Tobias Schlager" <Tobias.Schlager@REDACTED>
> An: Erlang <erlang-questions@REDACTED>
> Betreff: Re: [erlang-questions] windows multicast
>
> I would not consider this a problem of Erlang. AFAIK, the behaviour of 'SO_REUSEADDR' for UDP sockets is highly OS dependent.
>
> If I remember correctly, on Linux, SO_REUSEADDR 'steals' the incoming traffic from the process that previously opened the port. Thus, the previous process will no longer get incoming packets on that port.
>
> Regards
> Tobias
>
> ________________________________________
> Von: erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED [erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED]" im Auftrag von ""Jörg Maushake" [joerg.maushake@REDACTED]
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 11. Mai 2014 22:27
> An: Sergej Jurecko
> Cc: Erlang
> Betreff: Re: [erlang-questions] windows multicast
>
> yes with windows (in contrast to osx) multiple nodes calling gen_udp:open targeting one local interface
>  of the machine dont work
>   { reuseaddr, true } seems to be ignored.
>
>  Is is an erlang bug? The bug: gen_udp:open ignores { reuseaddr, true } under windows
>
>  Across two windows boxes one node on each works
>  jm
>
> > Gesendet: Sonntag, 11. Mai 2014 um 13:30 Uhr
> > Von: "Sergej Jurecko" <sergej.jurecko@REDACTED>
> > An: "Jörg Maushake" <joerg.maushake@REDACTED>
> > Cc: "Gokhan Boranalp" <kunthar@REDACTED>, Erlang <erlang-questions@REDACTED>
> > Betreff: Re: [erlang-questions] windows multicast
> >
> > You probably can’t listen on the same port from two erlang instances.
> >
> > Sergej
> >
> > On 11 May 2014, at 13:25, Jörg Maushake <joerg.maushake@REDACTED> wrote:
> >
> > > Thank You for this detailled reply.
> > > Does your windows code work on two nodes started on one machine?
> > > On my machine im still getting eaddrinuse when trying to run the code in two nodes.
> > > I did the following, to verify the code used for windows:
> > >
> > >  Mc = {230, 0, 0, 1},
> > >  Src = {192,168,2,101},
> > >  %% 1> inet:getiflist().
> > >  %% {ok,["169.254.82.58","192.168.2.101","127.0.0.1"]}
> > >  %% 2>
> > >  Opts = [ { active, true },
> > >           { ip, Src },
> > >           { multicast_loop, true },
> > >           { reuseaddr, true },
> > >           list
> > >         ],
> > >  { ok, RecvSocket } = gen_udp:open (Port, Opts),
> > >  inet:setopts(RecvSocket, [{ add_membership, { Mc, Src }}]),
> > >
> > >  And it works when starting a node. But when starting another node (on the same maching) im still getting
> > >  Address in use:
> > >
> > > !! eaddrinuse
> > >
> > >  im using R16B03-1
> > >
> > >
> > >> Gesendet: Sonntag, 11. Mai 2014 um 07:55 Uhr
> > >> Von: "Sergej Jurecko" <sergej.jurecko@REDACTED>
> > >> An: "Jörg Maushake" <joerg.maushake@REDACTED>
> > >> Cc: "Gokhan Boranalp" <kunthar@REDACTED>, Erlang <erlang-questions@REDACTED>
> > >> Betreff: Re: [erlang-questions] windows multicast
> > >>
> > >> Multicast in erlang is kind of weird.
> > >> I actually have slightly different code for different platforms. This is code from r14 days. I’m not sure if it works any differently now, but I did have issues finding the right combination of parameters to get it to work. Nothing worked universally across all platforms.
> > >>
> > >> Mc = multicast address
> > >> Src = source ip of local interface
> > >>
> > >> Windows:
> > >> {ok, SockSrc} = gen_udp:open(Port, [{reuseaddr,true}, {ip, Src}, {multicast_ttl, 1}, {multicast_loop, false}, binary]),
> > >> inet:setopts(SockSrc, [{add_membership, {Mc, Src}}]);
> > >>
> > >> linux,freebsd:
> > >>
> > >> {ok, SockSrc} = gen_udp:open(Port, [{reuseaddr,true}, {ip, {0,0,0,0}}, {add_membership, {Mc, Src}},{active,true}, binary,{recbuf, 1024*1024}]);
> > >>
> > >> osx:
> > >>
> > >> {ok, SockSrc} = gen_udp:open(Port, [{reuseaddr,true}, {ip, Mc}, {multicast_ttl, 1}, {multicast_loop, false},{recbuf, 1024*1024}, binary]),
> > >> inet:setopts(SockSrc, [{add_membership, {Mc, {0,0,0,0}}}])
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Sergej
> > >>
> > >> On 10 May 2014, at 21:37, Jörg Maushake <joerg.maushake@REDACTED> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>  Restarting windows does not change anything.
> > >>>  I deployed the code to macbook where it works.
> > >>>  It seems to be a windows issue
> > >>>  otp_release: R16B03-1
> > >>>
> > >>> Gesendet: Samstag, 10. Mai 2014 um 17:18 Uhr
> > >>> Von: "Gokhan Boranalp" <kunthar@REDACTED>
> > >>> An: "Jörg Maushake" <joerg.maushake@REDACTED>
> > >>> Cc: Erlang <erlang-questions@REDACTED>
> > >>> Betreff: Re: [erlang-questions] windows multicast
> > >>> Restart your computer.
> > >>>
> > >>> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 5:58 PM, "Jörg Maushake" <joerg.maushake@REDACTED> wrote:
> > >>>> Hi list,
> > >>>> I am using erlang on windows 7.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> When i start a multicast (the code is from nodefinder) like so:
> > >>>> Opts = [ { active, true },
> > >>>> { ip, {230, 0, 0, 1} },
> > >>>> { add_membership, { {230, 0, 0, 1}, { 0, 0, 0, 0 } } },
> > >>>> { multicast_loop, true },
> > >>>> { reuseaddr, true },
> > >>>> list
> > >>>> ],
> > >>>> { ok, RecvSocket } = gen_udp:open (4321, Opts),
> > >>>>
> > >>>> i get this {error,eaddrnotavail}
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Removing the tuple { ip, {230, 0, 0, 1} } from Opts seems to work!
> > >>>> But when i then start another node on the same machine the error i get is:
> > >>>> {error,eaddrinuse}
> > >>>>
> > >>>> (The multicast group and port works with java )
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Any suggestions ?
> > >>>>
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