ipv4-chat

Simple IPv4 chat on LAN running via UDP broadcast. Each participant has equal rights. Each participant can see the messages of others

Installation

Prerequisites

Ensure you have the following dependencies installed:

• GCC (or Clang)
• GNU Make

Build

To compile the chat, run:

make

This will generate an executable named ipv4-chat

Running the Sniffer

To start the chat, use:

./ipv4-chat -a `IPv4_ADDR` -p `PORT`

Startup flags

[m] - mandatory flag; [o] - optional flag

• a[m] IPv4_ADDR: set IPv4 address of listening host
• p[m] PORT: set port of listening host
• v[o]: (verbose) debugging information output
• h[o]: (help) output of auxiliary information

Auxiliary script

The script will launch the chat instance and substitute default values if desired by the user

./run_ipv4_chat.sh