[fredd]

hi all
Im pretty new to all this , im trying to get a program working to capture a UDP multicast and write it to a text file . The multicast will be sent over specific port , if i use an application to send directly to my ip it works
but not actually capturing the multicast when just sent out for anyone to pick up .

I cannot change my subnet in program get the following error : java.net.BindException: Cannot assign requested address: Cannot bind

Please see my code below any assistance will be appreciated been battling for weeks now on same problem

import java.net.DatagramPacket;
import java.net.DatagramSocket;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.io.*;
public class UdpReceive {
	
	@SuppressWarnings("resource")
	public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
		//user defines ports
		System.out.println("please enter listning port ");
		BufferedReader bufferedreader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
		String userPortNumber = bufferedreader.readLine();
		int port = Integer.parseInt(userPortNumber);
		System.out.println ("now listning and writing data to files");
		
	  try {
      //int port = 4050;
      String subnet = ("0.0.0.0");
      // Create a socket to listen on the port
	DatagramSocket dsocket = new DatagramSocket(port, InetAddress.getByName(subnet));
      // Create a buffer to read data into. If a
      // packet is larger than this buffer, the
      // excess will simply be discarded!
      byte[] buffer = new byte[2048];
      // Create a packet to receive data into the buffer
      DatagramPacket packet = new DatagramPacket(buffer, buffer.length);

      // Now loop forever, waiting to receive packets and printing them.
      while (true) {
        // Wait to receive a data
        dsocket.receive(packet);
  

[g00se]

Why not just use your local ip address?

[fredd]

I dont think if i use my local IP i will catch multicast from other machines , the application is to catch point of sale transactions broadcast over network to allow various services to capture data and use as needed , will give that a try and see

thanks

[g00se]

Difficult to know without knowing how your network is set up