Is it possible to receive data from more than one multicast group on a single socket?
For example:
void AddGroup(int sock,
const char* mc_addr_str,
int mc_port,
const char* interface) {
struct sockaddr_in mc_addr;
memset(&mc_addr, 0, sizeof(mc_addr));
mc_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
mc_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(mc_addr_str);
mc_addr.sin_port = htons(mc_port);
if ((bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *) &mc_addr,
sizeof(mc_addr))) < 0) {
perror("bind() failed");
exit(1);
}
// construct an IGMP join request structure
struct ip_mreq mc_req;
mc_req.imr_multiaddr.s_addr = inet_addr(mc_addr_str);
mc_req.imr_interface.s_addr = inet_addr(interface);
if ((setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IP, IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP,
(void*) &mc_req, sizeof(mc_req))) < 0) {
perror("setsockopt() failed");
exit(1);
}
}
This code works when I add one multicast group. But when I try to add another, the "bind" fails. I don't quite understand why the bind needs to be there in the first place? (but the code doesn't work without it).
Ideally I would like to call AddGroup multiple times on the same socket. Is this possible? Or do I need one socket per group and then just use polling?
You can join as many multicast groups as you like, using the appropriate setsockopt()
call with the IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP option, rather than bind().