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

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      tman222 @sfxdude
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      @sfxdude said in How can I get this UDP relay package for casting across VLANs?:

      In case this helps anyone, I built this on freeBSD 12.2 for pfsense 2.5.0:
      udpbroadcastrelay-pfsense2.5.0.zip

      Thanks @sfxdude - I will go ahead and update my post above as well to point to yours with the new 2.5 file.

      I upgraded to 2.5 yesterday and it looks like the udpbroadcastrelay binary I compiled under FreeBSD 11.3 still works fine under FreeBSD 12.2. Is there a need to upgrade to the latest binary if the old one works fine?

      Thanks in advance.

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        sfxdude @tman222
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        @tman222 I'd say if it works it's probably fine, but no harm in rebuilding for the new one.

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          josepr
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          Anyone has the binary avaliable for the sg-1100?

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            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            Obviously it would need to be compiled for aarch64. It might be simple enough a compile against FreeBSD 12.2 will work. You would need to be setup for cross-compiling or have am aarch64 build box.
            Adding your comments to the feature request night be best.

            Steve

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              Qinn
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              @tman222 said in How can I get this UDP relay package for casting across VLANs?:

              udpbroadcastrelay

              I think it is here https://freebsd.pkgs.org/12/freebsd-aarch64/udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b.txz.html

              I can't test it for aarch64, as I don't own one, but downloaded the am64 version copied it to pfSense 2.5.0 and did a

              chmod 755 udpbroadcastrelay
              

              Then excuted it and it performed nicely.

              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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                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by stephenw10

                Oh that's interesting, I didn't realise it had been included upstream. Makes things a lot easier.

                Though I had to upload it rather than fetch it directly:

                [21.02-RELEASE][admin@2100-2.stevew.lan]/tmp: pkg add udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b.txz 
                Installing udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b...
                Extracting udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b: 100%
                [21.02-RELEASE][admin@2100-2.stevew.lan]/tmp: rehash
                [21.02-RELEASE][admin@2100-2.stevew.lan]/tmp: udpbroadcastrelay 
                usage: udpbroadcastrelay [--id ID] [--port udp-port]
                       [--dev dev1] [--dev dev2] [--dev devX]
                       [-s IP] [--multicast ip1] [--multicast ipX]
                       [-t|--ttl-id] [-d] [-f]
                       [-h|--help]
                

                Edit: Looks like it was only added last week.

                Steve

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                  tman222 @stephenw10
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                  Cool, this is great news! I assume this link is for the amd64 version of the package?

                  https://pkgs.org/download/udpbroadcastrelay
                  https://freebsd.pkgs.org/12/freebsd-amd64/udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b.txz.html

                  I actually just recently recompiled the udpbroadcastrelay source for pfSense 2.5.0 (FreeBSD 12.2 Stable) but will keep this link in mind for future versions. I'll also update my initial post in the thread above.

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                    tman222 @stephenw10
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                    @stephenw10 - when installing the udpbroadcastrelay as a FreeBSD package, where on the file system is the binary located (will be needed for ShellCmd)? Thanks in advance.

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                      bmeeks @tman222
                      last edited by bmeeks

                      @tman222 said in How can I get this UDP relay package for casting across VLANs?:

                      @stephenw10 - when installing the udpbroadcastrelay as a FreeBSD package, where on the file system is the binary located (will be needed for ShellCmd)? Thanks in advance.

                      Usually binary executables from packages go in /usr/local/bin and configuration files in /usr/local/etc. Any shell script provided with the package typically winds up in /usr/local/etc/rc.d. But these are not hard and fast rules - a package creator might deviate from the standard practice.

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                        Qinn @tman222
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                        @tman222 Do a

                        find / -name 'udpbroadcastrelay'
                        

                        and you will find it's location.

                        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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                          Qinn
                          last edited by Qinn

                          btw if you don't have the repository, then do a

                           pkg add https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:12:amd64/quarterly/All/udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b.txz
                          

                          for an AMD64 and then a

                          rehash
                          

                          and a

                           pkg info udpbroadcastrelay
                          

                          shows it is nicely installed

                          [2.5.0-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/: pkg info udpbroadcastrelay
                          udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b
                          Name           : udpbroadcastrelay
                          Version        : 0.3.b
                          Installed on   : Wed Mar 17 11:54:50 2021 CET
                          Origin         : net/udpbroadcastrelay
                          Architecture   : FreeBSD:12:amd64
                          Prefix         : /usr/local
                          Categories     : net
                          Licenses       : GPLv2
                          Maintainer     : m.muenz@gmail.com
                          WWW            : https://github.com/marjohn56/udpbroadcastrelay
                          Comment        : UDP multicast/unicast relayer
                          Annotations    :
                                  FreeBSD_version: 1202000
                          Flat size      : 39.2KiB
                          Description    :
                          udpbroadcastrelay is a UDP multicast relayer. Its intended use is to
                          rebroadbcast udp packets on a specific port across interfaces, be those
                          interfaces physical or VLAN.
                          
                          It is used where devices such as Sonos or Sky are spread accross
                          different subnets and are not able to detect the servers or devices.
                          
                          WWW: https://github.com/marjohn56/udpbroadcastrelay
                          
                          

                          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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                            Itar
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                            Hi,

                            can someone give me a hint how the command looks like for Shellcmd/command prompt (pfsense 2.5.0 / APU2C4)?
                            With "find / -name 'udpbroadcastrelay'" I could find udpbroadcastrelay in "/usr/local/sbin/".
                            With Putty and "/usr/local/sbin/udpbroadcastrelay --id 1 --port 5353 --dev igb1 --dev igb1.12 --multicast 224.0.0.251 -s 1.1.1.1 -f > /dev/null" everything works perfectly but not in pfSene (command prompt) itself.

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                              tman222 @Itar
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                              @itar said in How can I get this UDP relay package for casting across VLANs?:

                              Hi,

                              can someone give me a hint how the command looks like for Shellcmd/command prompt (pfsense 2.5.0 / APU2C4)?
                              With "find / -name 'udpbroadcastrelay'" I could find udpbroadcastrelay in "/usr/local/sbin/".
                              With Putty and "/usr/local/sbin/udpbroadcastrelay --id 1 --port 5353 --dev igb1 --dev igb1.12 --multicast 224.0.0.251 -s 1.1.1.1 -f > /dev/null" everything works perfectly but not in pfSene (command prompt) itself.

                              Hi @itar - please take a look at my post above, I think you might be missing the /usr/bin/nohup command as part of the ShellCmd:

                              https://forum.netgate.com/topic/155698/how-can-i-get-this-udp-relay-package-for-casting-across-vlans/37

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                                Itar
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                                Hi tman222,

                                thank you very much!

                                I read your post, but I thought it would also work with "/usr/local/sbin" instead of "/root/udpbroadcastrelay/". Now I copied "udpbroadcastrelay" to root... and it works like a charm

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                                  tman222 @Itar
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                                  @itar said in How can I get this UDP relay package for casting across VLANs?:

                                  Hi tman222,

                                  thank you very much!

                                  I read your post, but I thought it would also work with "/usr/local/sbin" instead of "/root/udpbroadcastrelay/". Now I copied "udpbroadcastrelay" to root... and it works like a charm

                                  Hi @Itar - I would have expected it to work from /usr/local/sbin as well as long as you have the /usr/local/nohup and call the executable by ./udpbroadcastrelay if needed (note the ./) The instructions above are bit dated back from when we had to compile the code manually to create the binary vs. installing it as a FreeBSD package.

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                                    Itar
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                                    Hi tman222,

                                    no, I tried /usr/bin/nohup /usr/local/sbin/udpbroadcastrelay/./udpbroadcastrelay --id 1 --port 5353 --dev igb0 --dev igb1 --multicast 224.0.0.251 -s 1.1.1.1 -f > /dev/null but it didn't work.

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                                        tman222 @Itar
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                                        @itar said in How can I get this UDP relay package for casting across VLANs?:

                                        Hi tman222,

                                        no, I tried /usr/bin/nohup /usr/local/sbin/udpbroadcastrelay/./udpbroadcastrelay --id 1 --port 5353 --dev igb0 --dev igb1 --multicast 224.0.0.251 -s 1.1.1.1 -f > /dev/null but it didn't work.

                                        Hmmm - do either of these work?

                                        /usr/bin/nohup /usr/local/sbin/./udpbroadcastrelay --id 1 --port 5353 --dev igb0 --dev igb1 --multicast 224.0.0.251 -s 1.1.1.1 -f > /dev/null
                                        

                                        or

                                        /usr/bin/nohup /usr/local/sbin/udpbroadcastrelay --id 1 --port 5353 --dev igb0 --dev igb1 --multicast 224.0.0.251 -s 1.1.1.1 -f > /dev/null
                                        
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                                          Itar @tman222
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                                          Ahhhhh,

                                          /usr/bin/nohup /usr/local/sbin/udpbroadcastrelay --id 1 --port 5353 --dev igb0 --dev igb1 --multicast 224.0.0.251 -s 1.1.1.1 -f > /dev/null

                                          is working! 👍

                                          Thanks!

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                                            CaptainCathode @Itar
                                            last edited by CaptainCathode

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

                                            So I just came across this thread after trying for over a day to get Sonos clients on my LAN subnet discovering the Sonos devices on an isolated IOT subnet using the PIMD package as a multicast reflector.

                                            IOS clients that had previously been connected when everything was on the same subnet continue to work once the relevant firewall rules were setup, but new clients (Mac, Win10) can't discover the Sonos device.

                                            I've removed PIMD, rebooted and installed the package as per the instructions above. I'm seeing the following error when trying to run the command (as root) with the debug option:

                                            # udpbroadcastrelay --id 1 --port 1900 --dev igb1 --dev igb2 --multicast 239.255.255.250 -d
                                            ID set to 1
                                            Port set to 1900
                                            ID: 1 (DSCP: 1, ToS: 0x04), Port 1900
                                            igb1: 2 / 172.16.10.1 / 172.16.10.255
                                            igb2: 3 / 172.16.20.1 / 172.16.20.255
                                            found 2 interfaces total
                                            IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP:		172.16.10.1 239.255.255.250
                                            IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP:		172.16.20.1 239.255.255.250
                                            bind: Address already in use
                                            rcv bind
                                            
                                            

                                            Not sure what would already be using 239.255.255.250:1900 or how to go about debugging from here.

                                            Any pointers greatly appreciated

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