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Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:27:31 -0600
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Subject: Re: multicast 'timeToLive' doesn't seem to work
From: Bruce Snyder <bruce.snyder@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Mitch Granger
<mitch.granger@sophos.com> wrote:
>
>
> Bruce Snyder wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 5:57 PM, themitchy <mitch.granger@sophos.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> This is how I'm setting timeToLive:
>>>
>>> <transportConnector name=3D"openwire" uri=3D"tcp://0.0.0.0:61616"
>>> discoveryUri=3D"multicast://default?timeToLive=3D20"/>
>>>
>>> When I check on the packets with Wireshark the TTL is still 1.
>>>
>>> That setting does seem to be doing _something_ since if I set it too hi=
gh
>>> it
>>> won't even start.
>>>
>>> Anyone ever used this successfully? =A0Maybe it just doesn't do what I
>>> think
>>> it should (Like so many things in life)...
>>
>> That particular timeToLive property applies to the
>> java.net.MulticastSocket:
>>
>>
>> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/net/MulticastSocket.html#se=
tTimeToLive(int)
>>
>> A value of 1 for the timeToLive on a MulticastSocket means keep
>> packets on the local network. Anything higher than that will cause
>> packets to expand their range beyond the local network.
>>
>> What is it that you're trying to do exactly?
>
> We are trying to get packets beyond the local network.
>
> Turns out java.net.MulticastSocket prefers ipv6 if it is installed. =A0So=
 we
> added
>
> =A0-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=3Dtrue
>
> To the java opts when starting AMQ and it worked just fine.

Thanks for getting back to me. I've added a note to the wiki and it
should be exported to the website soon.

Bruce
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