Sending a broadcast message using raw sockets
Peter Steele
pwsteele at gmail.com
Mon Jan 21 20:06:02 EST 2013
On Monday, January 21, 2013 1:10:06 AM UTC-8, Rob Williscroft wrote:
> Peter Steele wrote in
>
> news:f37ccb35-8439-42cd-a063-962249b44903 at googlegroups.com in
>
> comp.lang.python:
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> > I want to write a program in Python that sends a broadcast message
> > using raw sockets. The system where this program will run has no IP or
> > default route defined, hence the reason I need to use a broadcast
> > message.
> >
> > I've done some searches and found some bits and pieces about using raw
> > sockets in Python, but I haven't been able to find an example that
> > explains how to construct a broadcast message using raw sockets.
> >
> > Any pointers would be appreciated.
>
> This is part of my Wake-On-Lan script:
>
> def WOL_by_mac( mac, ip = '<broadcast>', port = 9 ):
>
> import struct, socket
>
> a = mac.replace( ':', '-' ).split( '-' )
> addr = struct.pack( 'B'*6, *[ int(_, 16) for _ in a ] )
> msg = b'\xff' * 6 + addr * 16
>
> s = socket.socket( socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM )
> s.setsockopt( socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_BROADCAST, 1 )
> s.sendto( msg, ( ip, port ) )
> s.close()
>
> The mac address is 6 pairs of hex digits seperated by '-' or ':'.
Thanks for the code sample. Does this code work if the box has no IP or default route assigned? I'm away from the office at the moment so I can't test this.
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