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    • QinnQ
      Qinn
      last edited by Qinn

      @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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              • QinnQ
                Qinn @tman222
                last edited by

                @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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                • QinnQ
                  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
                    last edited by Itar

                    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
                      last edited by tman222

                      @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
                        last edited by

                        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
                                last edited by

                                @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
                                  last edited by

                                  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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                                    • QinnQ
                                      Qinn
                                      last edited by

                                      did you do a ps to check if it is already running?

                                      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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                                        CaptainCathode @Qinn
                                        last edited by CaptainCathode

                                        There are no other instances of udpbroadcastrelay running but pfTop shows an existing state from the pfsense interface on the IOT subnet.

                                        pfTop: Up State 1-1/1 (545), View: default, Order: bytes
                                        PR        DIR SRC                           DEST                                   STATE                AGE       EXP     PKTS    BYTES
                                        udp       Out 172.16.20.1:52980             239.255.255.250:1900               SINGLE:NO_TRAFFIC   00:02:52  00:00:09      132    62676
                                        

                                        I'll try temporarily powering down all other devices on that subnet and see if that helps

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                                        • QinnQ
                                          Qinn
                                          last edited by Qinn

                                          The way to check if it running and to stop udpbroadcastrelay is using the ps command and kill the process using it's process number (PID)

                                          [2.5.0-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: ps
                                            PID TT  STAT     TIME COMMAND
                                           7615 u0- S    41:14.27 /usr/local/sbin/pcscd
                                          60580 u0  Is    0:00.02 login [pam] (login)
                                          60845 u0  I     0:00.01 -sh (sh)
                                          61388 u0  I+    0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/rc.initial
                                           2456 v0  I     0:00.02 -sh (sh)
                                           3896 v0  I+    0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/rc.initial
                                          99884 v0  Is    0:00.02 login [pam] (login)
                                            188 v1  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv1
                                            330 v2  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv2
                                            368 v3  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv3
                                            579 v4  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv4
                                            592 v5  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv5
                                           1002 v6  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv6
                                           1293 v7  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv7
                                           6730  0  S     0:00.00 udpbroadcastrelay --id 1 --port 1900 --dev igb1.1005 --dev igb1.1007 --multicast 239.255.255.250 -f
                                           6919  0  R+    0:00.01 ps
                                          41171  0  Is    0:00.02 -sh (sh)
                                          41565  0  I     0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/rc.initial
                                          45295  0  S     0:00.12 /bin/tcsh
                                          
                                          
                                          /root: kill 6730
                                          
                                          
                                          [2.5.0-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: ps
                                            PID TT  STAT     TIME COMMAND
                                           7615 u0- S    41:14.29 /usr/local/sbin/pcscd
                                          60580 u0  Is    0:00.02 login [pam] (login)
                                          60845 u0  I     0:00.01 -sh (sh)
                                          61388 u0  I+    0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/rc.initial
                                           2456 v0  I     0:00.02 -sh (sh)
                                           3896 v0  I+    0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/rc.initial
                                          99884 v0  Is    0:00.02 login [pam] (login)
                                            188 v1  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv1
                                            330 v2  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv2
                                            368 v3  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv3
                                            579 v4  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv4
                                            592 v5  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv5
                                           1002 v6  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv6
                                           1293 v7  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv7
                                          37961  0  R+    0:00.00 ps
                                          41171  0  Is    0:00.02 -sh (sh)
                                          41565  0  I     0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/rc.initial
                                          45295  0  S     0:00.13 /bin/tcsh
                                          
                                          

                                          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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                                            sinbox_pfs @CaptainCathode
                                            last edited by sinbox_pfs

                                            @captaincathode Would be good to disable other related plugins and/or other firewall rules on you IoT subnet like Avahi etc if you ever had them installled.

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