Re: [Newbies] Sending UDP broadcasts

Hey Tobias!

* Tobias Pape Das.Linux@gmx.de [220204 14:46]:

The host is not a string but rather an address. Try this:

addr :=  NetNameResolver addressForName: '255.255.255.255' timeout: 10.
s := Socket newUDP.

s setOption:  'SO_BROADCAST' value: 1.
[[(Delay forSeconds: numberOfSeconds) wait.
    s sendUDPData: shoutout toHost: addr port: (self portNumber) ]
repeat] fork.

Oh, duh! Yes of course. I stopped at the <prim> call pragma, I should have gone deeper. I somehow missed the example in the code.

Another error state for invalid parameters might have helped here in general though.

Thanks for your patience explaining all this.

Cheers,

Christian