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[Valkyrie-MT]

The issue only has 2 votes on Codeplex! Go and Vote! (you might have to create an account)

http://netmf.codeplex.com/workitem/754

-Valkyrie-MT

[JonnyBoats]

The issue only has 2 votes on Codeplex! Go and Vote! (you might have to create an account)

http://netmf.codeplex.com/workitem/754

-Valkyrie-MT

I just made it 3.

[davidlt]

I fully support! 4 votes already.

[James]

Voted - glad to see you picking up the NetBIOS torch Valkrie!

[Chris Walker]

I just voted for it too Up to 7!

[georgejh]

You have 9 votes now!

[Valkyrie-MT]

Hey now, this looks like great news! It appears that there is no bug, just a compile time option that needs to be flipped when building (according to ZachLibby)! This makes some sense as Pascal reported having to set flags at one location that included the NETIF_FLAG_BROADCAST flag which may have had the effect of bypassing that the flag was not flipped...

The NETIF_FLAG_BROADCAST flag has to be set at the native level in Porting Kit. Broadcast support is a compile time option and we don't have a managed code property to turn it on/off.

Chris, can you flip this ON for a BETA build, so we can try this?

Thanks!
-Valkyrie-MT

[Chris Walker]

Valkyrie, On it! I've heard rumors of a .NET MF 4.2 beta 2. If not that, the RC will be coming soon as well... We'll get the flags reconfigured from the default. Chris

[Valkyrie-MT]

Valkyrie,

On it! I've heard rumors of a .NET MF 4.2 beta 2. If not that, the RC will be coming soon as well... We'll get the flags reconfigured from the default.

Chris

YEAH!

-Valkyrie-MT

[elettrozero]

11

[Glen]

I've voted for it as well.

[Fabien Royer]

13

[oritpro]

16 Btw, does global broadcast work (255.255.255.255)? I wouldn't know yet because: 1. I am new here, and... 2. My Netduino Plus hasn't arrived yet. Should be here tomorrow.

[Valkyrie-MT]

Well, this problem may have been a bit more than just a compile time flag. There was a change made as well to the source in the LWIP part of the Framework package. You can see one of the changes here. Find the file "client_v4_2_dev/DeviceCode/pal/lwip/lwip_1_3_2/src/core/netif.c" and click on the diff link. Then scroll down to the change (highlighted in red) and you'll see the comments and the change with how the flags are handled.

But the good news is that the issue is resolved and closed with the following notes: "Resolved with changeset 12496. "

Thanks to everyone for voting! I think we may have gotten this fixed just in time for v4.2! And of course, a BIG thanks to ZachLibby who actually made the change for us!

-Valkyrie-MT