/** * Localchat * Ben Burwell * * Send online broadcast */ void send_online_broadcast() { int client_sock; // Client socket descriptor struct sockaddr_in server_addr; // Server Internet address struct in_addr server_ip_addr; // Server IP Address int addr_leng; // Internet address length int retrncode; // Return code int sOptVal; // Socket option value int sOptLen; // Socket option length char out_temp[10]; client_sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); if (client_sock < 0) { exit(-1); } server_addr.sin_family = AF_INET; // Address family to use server_addr.sin_port = htons(CMD_PORT); // Port num to use server_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(BROADCAST_IP); // IP for Broadcast sOptVal = 1; sOptLen = sizeof(int); setsockopt(client_sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BROADCAST, (void*)&sOptVal, sOptLen); strcpy(out_temp, "ONLINE"); retrncode = sendto(client_sock, out_temp, (strlen(out_temp) + 1), 0, (struct sockaddr *)&server_addr, sizeof(server_addr)); return; }