Hi*,
i've enhanced the UdpAppender in such a way that you could specify the
MulticastTTL value in the configuration file.
By setting this value greater than 1 the log messages could pass routers
between subnets in Multicast mode.
Index: src/Appender/UdpAppender.cs
===================================================================
--- src/Appender/UdpAppender.cs (revision 1063197)
+++ src/Appender/UdpAppender.cs (working copy)
@@ -284,6 +284,15 @@
get { return m_encoding; }
set { m_encoding = value; }
}
+
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Gets or sets the Multicast HopLimit of the Socket.
+ /// </summary>
+ public int MulticastHopLimit
+ {
+ get { return m_multicastHopLimit; }
+ set { m_multicastHopLimit = value; }
+ }
#endregion Public Instance Properties
@@ -499,6 +508,15 @@
this.Client = null;
}
+ try
+ {
+
this.Client.Client.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.IP,
+ SocketOptionName.MulticastTimeToLive,
+ this.MulticastHopLimit);
+ }
+ catch (SocketException ex)
+ {
+ }
}
#endregion Protected Instance Methods @@ -537,6 +555,11 @@
/// The encoding to use for the packet.
/// </summary>
private Encoding m_encoding = Encoding.Default;
+
+ /// <summary>
+ /// The HopLimot (MulticastTTL) of the packet.
+ /// </summary>
+ private int m_multicastHopLimit = 1;
#endregion Private Instance Fields
}
-----
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