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VG3_nw_mbcast_start()

Start multicast-/broadcast-server.
SYNTAX
void VG3_nw_mbcast_start(void)

DESCRIPTION
Start the multicast-/broadcast-server in the background. Its purpose is for the clients to obtain the ip-address of the network-server, so it has to be started on the computer which is running the network-server. It uses broadcast for IPv4 and multicast for IPv6. This function may be called before calling VG3_window_new().

SEE ALSO
VG3_nw_mbcast_stop() VG3_nw_mbcast_getip()