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, 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.