broadcast to 255.255.255.255 doesn't work

[skyteddy]

hello,

I have a router in my network. To enter the special admin mode, it is necessary to send a broadcast within the first 3 seconds of the boot-phase of the device.

If the device receives the broadcast, it stops the normal boot and I can make a ftp-connection to the device. The broadcast must be send on port 5035 to address 255.255.255.255.

My script works without error, but the device doesn't stops. If i use wireshark, I see nothing. No broadcast, no traffic on port 5035. :-(

If I use the calculated broadcast-address of my LAN (192.168.178.255), I see the traffic with wireshark, but the device doesn't stops the boot. :-(

If I use a perl script with the same functionality (broadcast to 255.255.255.255), the device stops! If I compare the whireshark-snaps of the perl-broadcast with 255.255.255.255

and my script with the working broadcast to 192.168.178.255, I see a major difference is the destination-address on the IP-Layer. the perl-script sends to 255.255.255.255 in

then ethernet-frame and ip-frame! the destination-address of the broadcast must be 255.255.255.255.

why I can't send udp-packets to address 255.255.255.255? is my script wrong? or is this a bug? if yes, is there any workaround? it doesn't help the send the broadcast to the "LAN"-broadcast.

Many thanks in advance!

R@iner

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; attention: debug-output only with ConsoleWrite!

Opt("MustDeclareVars", 1)

; --- Define vars ---
Global $ReceiveSocket, $SendSocket, $ReceivedData, $Counter, $SendStatus
Global $MaxTries = 20; for the main-loop
Global $MyIPaddress = "192.168.178.20"; equal to @IPAddress1
Global $Port = "5035"
Global $BroadcastAdr = "255.255.255.255"
; Global $BroadcastAdr = "192.168.178.255"; Sending and receiving works (netmask = 255.255.255.0)
Global $SendingData = "Hello"; only for test, if the broadcast to 255.255.255.255 works, here must be the stop-sequence. see perl-script

; --- Start UDP ---
UDPStartup()
If @error <> 0 Then
    MsgBox(0, "UDP Startup Error", @error, 1)
    Exit
EndIf

; --- Open Sockets ---
; Receive
$ReceiveSocket = UDPBind($MyIPaddress, $Port)
If @error <> 0 Then
    MsgBox(0, "UDP Bind Error (for receiving)", @error, 1)
    Exit
EndIf
; Send
$SendSocket = UDPOpen($BroadcastAdr, $Port)
If @error <> 0 Then
    MsgBox(0, "UDP Open Error (for sending)", @error, 1)
    Exit
EndIf

; --- Start? ---
If MsgBox(4, "Question", "Start Broadcast?") <> 6 Then Exit

; --- Main-Loop ---
$Counter = 1
While $Counter <= $MaxTries
; Sending
    $SendStatus = UDPSend($SendSocket, $SendingData)
    If $SendStatus = 0 Then
        MsgBox(0, "ERROR", "Error while sending UDP message: " & @error)
        Exit
    Else
        ConsoleWrite("sending nr " & $Counter & @CRLF)
    EndIf

; Receiving
    $ReceivedData = UDPRecv($ReceiveSocket, 20)
    If $ReceivedData <> "" Then
        ConsoleWrite("receive nr " & $Counter & ": " & $ReceivedData & @CRLF)
    Else
        If @error <> 0 Then ConsoleWrite("ReceiveError: " & @error & @CRLF)
    EndIf

    $Counter += 1
WEnd

; --- Exit ---
Exit

Func OnAutoItExit()
; --- Close Sockets ---
    UDPCloseSocket($ReceiveSocket)
    UDPCloseSocket($SendSocket)
; --- Stop UDP ---
    UDPShutdown()
EndFunc  ;==>OnAutoItExit

//edit: "code" changed to "autoit"

Edited April 30, 2009 by skyteddy

[Coolw]

Are you sure its a UDP port?

Try to use TCP instead?

[skyteddy]

Yes, I'm sure it's a UDP port

[skyteddy]

Does anybody has an idea or workaround please?

Thanks in advance

R@iner

[ProgAndy]

For me, it works this way:

Client: ( send to "192.168.178.255")

;;This is the UDP Client
;;Start the server first

; Start The UDP Services
;==============================================
UDPStartup()

; Open a "SOCKET"
;==============================================
$socket = UDPOpen("192.168.178.255", 65532)
If @error <> 0 Then Exit

$n=0
While 1
    Sleep(2000)
    $n = $n + 1
    $status = UDPSend($socket, "Message #" & $n)
    If $status = 0 then 
        MsgBox(0, "ERROR", "Error while sending UDP message: " & @error)
        Exit
    EndIf
WEnd

Func OnAutoItExit()
    UDPCloseSocket($socket)
    UDPShutdown()
EndFunc

Server: (don't restrict on an IP)

;;This is the UDP Server
;;Start this first

; Start The UDP Services
;==============================================
UDPStartup()

; Bind to a SOCKET
;==============================================
$socket = UDPBind("", 65532)
If @error <> 0 Then Exit

While 1
    $data = UDPRecv($socket, 50)
    If $data <> "" Then
        MsgBox(0, "UDP DATA", $data, 1)
    EndIf
    sleep(100)
WEnd

Func OnAutoItExit()
    UDPCloseSocket($socket)
    UDPShutdown()
EndFunc

Edited April 30, 2009 by ProgAndy

[skyteddy]

Hello Andy,

thanks for your reply!

This is what I want to say in my first posting. To send a broadcast works fine with the LAN-specific Braodcast-address 192.168.178.255, but the router doesn't stops his boot, because he expects the broadcast from 255.255.255.255:

If you change in your code the line

$socket = UDPOpen("192.168.178.255", 65532)

to

$socket = UDPOpen("255.255.255.255", 65532)

and you will see, that you can't receive any message! But you don't get any error too. It seems, it works, but it doesn't!

255.255.255.255 is a valid broadcast-address, but with the difference, it's a LAN-independed-broadcast-address.

May it's clearer now? Sorry for my bad english.

many greetings!

R@iner

[martin]

I tried with the following script, and, to ensure my router was not part of the problem, I connected 2 PCs with an ethernet cable and turned of my WiFi then set the IPs on each PC manually.

;==============================================
 UDPStartup()
 
; Open a "SOCKET"
;==============================================
 HotKeySet("{ESC}","Xit")
 $socket = UDPOpen("255.255.255.255",5032);<----nothing received by script B
;$socket = UDPOpen("192.168.1.10",5032);<----------if I use this line instead then works ok with script B
 ConsoleWrite($socket[0] & @CRLF)
 
 If @error <> 0 Then Exit
 
 $n=0
 While 1
     Sleep(2000)
     $n = $n + 1
     $status = UDPSend($socket, "Message #" & $n)
     If $status = 0 then 
         MsgBox(0, "ERROR", "Error while sending UDP message: " & @error)
         Exit
     EndIf
 WEnd
 
 Func OnAutoItExit()
     UDPCloseSocket($socket)
     UDPShutdown()
 EndFunc
 
 Func Xit()
     Exit
 EndFunc

The message was received with this script

;=====Script B=========
UDPStartup()
 HotKeySet("{ESC}","xit")
 $ThisPCIP = "192.168.1.10";running script2
 $socket = UDPBind($ThisPCIP, 5032)
 If @error <> 0 Then Exit
 
 
 While 1
     $data = UDPRecv($socket, 50)
     If $data <> "" Then
         MsgBox(0, "UDP DATA", $data, 1);<-works if this IP address used by sending script, not for broadcast
     EndIf
     sleep(100)
 WEnd
 
 Func OnAutoItExit()
     UDPCloseSocket($socket)
     UDPShutdown()
 EndFunc
 
 func xit()
     Exit
 EndFunc

I didn't check with Wireshark that anything was being transmitted when sending a UDP packet in broadcast, but if it is then UDPRecv is at fault.

So I think this is a bug.

Edit: Added UPDStartup to script B which I had accidentally removed.

Edited April 30, 2009 by martin

[skyteddy]

Hello Martin,

thank you very much for your support!

2 remarks:

* In script A you can change your ip-adresse from 192.168.1.10 to the broadcast-address 192.168.1.255, and it works too

;$socket = UDPOpen("192.168.1.255",5032);<----------if I use this line instead then works ok with script B

* At the beginning of script B, UDPStartup() is missing

I didn't check with Wireshark that anything was being transmitted when sending a UDP packet in broadcast, but if it is then UDPRecv is at fault.

So I think this is a bug.

I test your script with wireshark, in my mind not the UDPRecv is the problem, the UDPSend or the UDPopen to 255.255.255.255 doesn't work. I can't see anything with wireshark.

kind regards

R@iner

[martin]

Hello Martin,

thank you very much for your support!

2 remarks:

* In script A you can change your ip-adresse from 192.168.1.10 to the broadcast-address 192.168.1.255, and it works too

;$socket = UDPOpen("192.168.1.255",5032);<----------if I use this line instead then works ok with script B

True, I didn't think of that at the time.

* At the beginning of script B, UDPStartup() is missing

True again, I deleted it by mistake when I removed some comments, but the script I used did have it of course. (I've put it back in now.)

I think you should report this as a bug.

[skyteddy]

I think you should report this as a bug.

/bin/done Here is the bug-report

Thank you for your support!

R@iner

Edited April 30, 2009 by skyteddy