Hi,

did you solve the Problem? 

I have the same chellange as you back in 2011 and don't undestand why the 
Tehtering Phone is not participating in multicast session.

Thx,

Viktor

Am Dienstag, 19. Juli 2011 12:41:30 UTC+2 schrieb Erik Hellman:

> Hi, 
>
> I got an application that sends and receives UDP messages using a 
> MulticastSocket. It works fine between two phones when both are 
> connected to a normal WiFi AP (e.g., my WiFi at home). However, when 
> either device has WiFi tethering active and the other device is 
> connected to this network sending Multicast packages doesn't work 
> anymore. If I set-up a third device which has WiFi tethering enabled 
> and let the first two devices connect to this network it works as 
> expected between the two devices (however, the third device with 
> tethering active cannot receive or send Multicast packages). 
>
> My conclusion is that a device that has WiFi tethering enabled cannot 
> send or receive Multicast packages. Is this an expected behavior or 
> should I consider it a bug? 
>
> Thanks! 
>
> // Erik

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