The setup package contains a simple program that may be used to test multicast feed connections and to troubleshoot Multicast issues. This utility can be found in the tools/ directory of the setup package.
How does MulticastTest work?
For example, the following command checks the availability of ICE Futures Brent, Price Level, Live Feed:
$ MulticastTest.exe --verbose --ip 233.156.208.228 --port 20228 --interface 127.0.0.1 --maxPackets 30
ip: 233.156.208.228
port: 20228
interface: 127.0.0.1
timeout: 30
maxPackets: 30
Creating socket
Setting SO_REUSEADDR
Setting SO_RCVTIMEO
Initializing socket address
Binding
Initializing mcast request
Initializing interface address
Joining mcast group
Date: 07/15/2013
Time Bytes Packets
Entering test loop
11:45:21 572 4
11:45:22 1573 11
11:45:23 2574 18
11:45:24 3432 24
11:45:25 4433 31
Please refer to the included README.txt file for build and usage information.
