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    How can I get this UDP relay package for casting across VLANs?

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      Can you clarify that? The UPnP service in pfSense only supports the Internet Gateway Device part of the protocol.

      Steve

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        brswattt @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10 said in How can I get this UDP relay package for casting across VLANs?:

        Can you clarify that? The UPnP service in pfSense only supports the Internet Gateway Device part of the protocol.

        Steve

        That's for port forwards right? What did you mean by this? "Yes, you can't have two processes listening on the same port like that. You can either relay the SSDP packets or accept and use them with UPnP."

        I understand that upnp uses port 1900, and so does this udpbroadcastrelay, but is there a way to get them both working?

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Ah, OK. No, that's still true. I would not expect to be able to both accept UDP port 1900 packets into the UPnP process and relay them at the same time.
          Unless perhaps the relay process were also relaying them to UPnP?
          I've never tried that. I could see many ways that might also not work.

          Steve

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            tman222
            last edited by

            Just wanted to follow up on this thread and mention that udpbroadcastrelay still works flawlessly under pfSense 23.01/FreeBSD 14.

            It looks like there have been a few updates to the code since I first started using it:

            https://github.com/marjohn56/udpbroadcastrelay

            Also, it is great to see that a lot of work has already been done to turn this into a formal pfSense package:

            https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/10818

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              GeorgeCZ58
              last edited by

              What is actual approach to install this package to 23.01?

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              • bitrotB
                bitrot @GeorgeCZ58
                last edited by bitrot

                @georgecz58 said in How can I get this UDP relay package for casting across VLANs?:

                What is actual approach to install this package to 23.01?

                Good question. I'd like to know this too. I still have it installed manually as per instructions in this post. The package doesn't appear to be available yet. Not sure what the status is. Bug report is here: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/10818

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  It's not been merged yet so you still need to fetch and install it manually:

                  [23.01-RELEASE][root@4100.stevew.lan]/root: fetch https://redmine.pfsense.org/attachments/download/4621/pfSense-pkg-udpbroadcastrelay-1.0.pkg
                  pfSense-pkg-udpbroadcastrelay-1.0.pkg                   12 kB 7983 kBps    00s
                  [23.01-RELEASE][root@4100.stevew.lan]/root: pkg install pfSense-pkg-udpbroadcastrelay-1.0.pkg 
                  Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                  pfSense-core repository is up to date.
                  Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                  pfSense repository is up to date.
                  All repositories are up to date.
                  The following 2 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
                  
                  New packages to be INSTALLED:
                  	pfSense-pkg-udpbroadcastrelay: 1.0 [unknown-repository]
                  	udpbroadcastrelay: 0.3.b [pfSense]
                  
                  Number of packages to be installed: 2
                  
                  15 KiB to be downloaded.
                  
                  Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
                  [1/2] Fetching udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b.pkg: 100%   15 KiB  15.3kB/s    00:01    
                  Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
                  [2/2] Installing udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b...
                  Extracting udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b: 100%
                  [1/2] Installing pfSense-pkg-udpbroadcastrelay-1.0...
                  [1/2] Extracting pfSense-pkg-udpbroadcastrelay-1.0: 100%
                  Saving updated package information...
                  done.
                  Loading package configuration... done.
                  Configuring package components...
                  Loading package instructions...
                  Custom commands...
                  Executing custom_php_resync_config_command()...done.
                  Menu items... done.
                  Services... done.
                  Writing configuration... done.
                  
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                    tman222 @stephenw10
                    last edited by

                    @stephenw10 said in How can I get this UDP relay package for casting across VLANs?:

                    It's not been merged yet so you still need to fetch and install it manually:

                    [23.01-RELEASE][root@4100.stevew.lan]/root: fetch https://redmine.pfsense.org/attachments/download/4621/pfSense-pkg-udpbroadcastrelay-1.0.pkg
                    pfSense-pkg-udpbroadcastrelay-1.0.pkg                   12 kB 7983 kBps    00s
                    [23.01-RELEASE][root@4100.stevew.lan]/root: pkg install pfSense-pkg-udpbroadcastrelay-1.0.pkg 
                    Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                    pfSense-core repository is up to date.
                    Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                    pfSense repository is up to date.
                    All repositories are up to date.
                    The following 2 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
                    
                    New packages to be INSTALLED:
                    	pfSense-pkg-udpbroadcastrelay: 1.0 [unknown-repository]
                    	udpbroadcastrelay: 0.3.b [pfSense]
                    
                    Number of packages to be installed: 2
                    
                    15 KiB to be downloaded.
                    
                    Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
                    [1/2] Fetching udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b.pkg: 100%   15 KiB  15.3kB/s    00:01    
                    Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
                    [2/2] Installing udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b...
                    Extracting udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b: 100%
                    [1/2] Installing pfSense-pkg-udpbroadcastrelay-1.0...
                    [1/2] Extracting pfSense-pkg-udpbroadcastrelay-1.0: 100%
                    Saving updated package information...
                    done.
                    Loading package configuration... done.
                    Configuring package components...
                    Loading package instructions...
                    Custom commands...
                    Executing custom_php_resync_config_command()...done.
                    Menu items... done.
                    Services... done.
                    Writing configuration... done.
                    

                    @stephenw10 - with 23.01 having been released, any idea when this might become an official pfSense pacakge? Judging by the Redmine ticket it looks like the majority of the work has already been completed. Is more community testing needed?

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      It might just need a nudge. Let me see what I can do....

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                      • QinnQ
                        Qinn
                        last edited by Qinn

                        Just out of curiosity I tested it with a VM (Oracle) and ran into a php error

                        PHP errors
                        
                            PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /usr/local/pkg/udpbroadcastrelay/udpbroadcastrelay.inc, Line: 458, Message: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function config_get_path() in /usr/local/pkg/udpbroadcastrelay/udpbroadcastrelay.inc:458
                            Stack trace:
                            #0 /usr/local/pkg/udpbroadcastrelay/udpbroadcastrelay.inc(202): udpbr_get_settings(true)
                            #1 /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc(802) : eval()'d code(1): udpbr_resync()
                            #2 /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc(802): eval()
                            #3 /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc(928): eval_once('udpbr_resync();')
                            #4 /etc/rc.packages(76): install_package_xml('udpbroadcastrel...')
                            #5 {main}
                            thrown @ 2023-03-20 13:53:47 
                        

                        Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                        Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                        Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by stephenw10

                          You should add that to the open redmine issue: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/10818

                          What version were you testing against there?

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                            Qinn @stephenw10
                            last edited by Qinn

                            @stephenw10 You mean Oracle VM or pfS version?

                            VirtualBox Graphical User Interface Version 7.0.6 r155176 (Qt5.15.2)
                            pfS 2.6.0 release CE

                            Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                            Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                            Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              The pfSense and pkg versions.
                              And also what exactly you did to trigger it. It seems to work as expected for me in 23.01.

                              Steve

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Ah, Ok. Note that the package build 26/12/2022 that's on the redmine is for 2.7 or 23.01 only right now.

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                                • QinnQ
                                  Qinn
                                  last edited by

                                  Missed out that one ;) try an install on the beta (2.7.0) soon

                                  Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                                  Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                                  Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                                    tman222
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                                    Looks like udpbroadcastrelay will be included as a pfSense package in 23.05 - great news!

                                    https://www.netgate.com/blog/pfsense-plus-software-version-23.05-rc-now-available

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      Yup:

                                      Screenshot from 2023-05-11 11-57-14.png

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                                        tman222 @stephenw10
                                        last edited by

                                        @stephenw10 - that looks great! Do you know if it's possible to define more than two interfaces per udpbroadcastrelay instance in the pfSense package version? When running from the command line one can issue multiple -dev options to support more than two interfaces per instance. Thanks in advance.

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          Yes:

                                          Screenshot from 2023-05-13 22-03-29.png

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                                            tman222 @stephenw10
                                            last edited by

                                            @stephenw10 said in How can I get this UDP relay package for casting across VLANs?:

                                            Yes:

                                            Screenshot from 2023-05-13 22-03-29.png

                                            Awesome - looking forward to trying the package with the release of 23.05 and retiring the command line version I have been running since pfSense 2.4.5.

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