This module illustrates the Win32 Winsock and Mailslot APIs to do a generic
broadcast over IPX, UDP and Mailslot protocols.
This example implements a client and a server. The example has a number
command line options. For example,
-s To run the example as a server(default role).
-c To run the example as a client.
-p <i or m or u> To specify the protocol to be used.
i - IPX.
m - Mailslots.
u - UDP(default protocol).
-e <Endpoint> To specify an end point of your choice. This is a mandatory
parameter. Servers create this endpoint and read broadcast messages. An
endpoint in case Mailslot protocol is a Mailslot name.(default is 5005).
-d <DomainName> - To specify a domain name or a workgroup name. This is
useful for Mailslot clients, only.
To run the application as a server, the following command lines can be
specified:
bcast -s -e 8000 -p u
bcast -s -e 8000 -p i
bcast -s -e MAILSLOT1 -p m
To run the application as a client, the following command lines can be
specified:
bcast -c -e 8000 -p u
bcast -c -e 8000 -p i
bcast -c -e MAILSLOT1 -p m -d DOMAIN1
bcast -c -e MAILSLOT1 -p m -d WORKGROUP1
