mtools

This release adds IPv6 support, contributed by Vladimir Oltean.

Changes

• Add -I INTERFACE option to bind to a specific interface for send/receive
• Add -c NUM option to only send a limited number of packets
• Add -4 and -6 options to select default group to send/receive with I
• Sort command line options alphabetically
• Update documentation

Fixes

• Fix -v to print correct version instead of hard-coded old version
• Bind to port after binding to device to receive only test packets

First release of the mtools multicast testing suite (msend and mreceive) after importing the sources from the Multimedia Networks Group, University of Virginia, http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~mngroup/software/.

Changes include, but are not limited to:

• Code cleanup and modernization to be able to build with a modern (2015) GCC and Clang
• Reindent code to use KNF
• Simplifiy and clean up online, -h, command usage help
• Removed old support for Windows. May add Cygwin support in the future
• Cleanup of documentation, add common README and create real man pages: msend.8 and mreceive.8
• Create real public domain LICENSE file
• Tested on Ubuntu Linux 14.04 (Amd64) and FreeBSD (Amd64)

First effort to adapt ttcp.c as well, but not tested yet, so not part of the build/install system.