NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     mtest -- test multicast membership socket operations and ioctls

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     mtest

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The mtest utility is a small program for testing the multicast membership
     socket operations and ioctls.  It accepts the following commands, interactively:

	   j g.g.g.g i.i.i.i	 Join the IP group address g.g.g.g on the
				 interface with address i.i.i.i.  i.i.i.i may
				 be specified as 0.0.0.0 to use the default
				 interface.
	   l g.g.g.g i.i.i.i	 Leave the IP group address g.g.g.g on the
				 interface with address i.i.i.i.
	   a ifname e.e.e.e.e.e  Join the Ethernet group address e.e.e.e.e.e
				 on interface ifname.
	   d ifname e.e.e.e.e.e  Leave the Ethernet group address e.e.e.e.e.e
				 on interface ifname.
	   m ifname 1/0 	 Set or reset ALLMULTI mode on interface
				 ifname.
	   p ifname 1/0 	 Set or reset promiscuous mode on interface
				 ifname.
	   ?			 List legal commands.
	   q			 Quit the program.

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     Steve Deering

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The command parser is not very flexible.


FreeBSD 5.2.1		       December 15, 1996		 FreeBSD 5.2.1