Forwarder (megafor)
Syntax
smash megafor [-megactrl multicastControlAddress] [-conffile megaConfFile]
Description
The Forwarder (megafor) acts as a repeater gateway for clients which do not have multicast access. Instead of announcing service requests on the shared multicast channel (-megactrl), they send unicast messages to the megafor process, which then multicasts these messages on the shared channel. The forwarder also unicasts relevant messages back to the client. This is part of the AS1 framework.
Command Line Arguments
- -megactrl multicastControlAddress
multicastControlAddress is a shared multicast channel which all host managers, clients and servents use to announce and listen. This defaults to 224.4.5.24/50000/31.
- -conffile megaConfFile
The location of the mega/AS1 configuration file.