broadcasting

[Steve Holden]

"mixo" <mixo at beth.uniforum.org.za> wrote in message
news:b3neil$ljh$1 at ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
>
> How can I get broadcast udp packets? What I currently have is a server
> brodcasting packets of a port, and a client connecting to the port.
> And since I am brodcasting, do I need to manually send packets to
> clients?
>
> One last thing, where can find docs on python and udp?
>
I have not tried it, but technically any UDP packets which you send out to
IP address 255.255.255.255 should be treated, I think,  as local broadcasts
and sent out in a broadcast frame on, say, and Ethernet.

regards
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