Hi,
In Windows, I've always used "connect 255.255.255.255 (someport)" with a [netsend 1] to broadcast packets to the whole local network to a given port.
Any [netreceive (someport) 1] on the same network and/or the same machine could receive all packets sent with the netsend above.
However, I am trying this in Linux (ubuntu) now and it doesn't work.
The [netsend 1] object won't even connect (the outlet doesn't output a
- but it won't complain either: it says "connecting to port 5555" but
doesn't print any error message when failing to connect. It does print error messages ("netsend: not connected") when trying to send messages.
I know I can use the specific address of the network, e.g. 192.168.1.255, but this won't work if I use the patch on a network with a different address other than 192.168.1.XXX
Why doesn't 255.255.255.255 work and is there a workaround?
thanks m.