Multicast mode can be turned off (it does not really work, so...

squinnondation/peers.py

@@ -101,15 +101,16 @@ class User(Peer):
         # Bind the socket
         self.socket.bind(self.main_address)
         
-        # Create multicast socket
-        self.multicast_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM, socket.IPPROTO_UDP)
-        self.multicast_socket.bind(('', 1212)) #listen on all interfaces?
-        # To join the group, we need to give setsockopt a binary packed representation of the multicast group's address and on what interfaces we will listen (here all)
-        mreq = struct.pack("16s15s", socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET6, "ff02::4242:4242"), bytes(socket.INADDR_ANY)) #The string "16s15s" corresponds to the packing options: here it packs the arguments into a 16-byte string and a 15-byte string. 
-        self.multicast_socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, socket.IPV6_JOIN_GROUP, mreq)
-
         self.squinnondation = instance
         
+        if self.squinnondation.multicast: 
+            # Create multicast socket
+            self.multicast_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM, socket.IPPROTO_UDP)
+            self.multicast_socket.bind(('', 1212)) #listen on all interfaces?
+            # To join the group, we need to give setsockopt a binary packed representation of the multicast group's address and on what interfaces we will listen (here all)
+            mreq = struct.pack("16s15s", socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET6, "ff02::4242:4242"), bytes(socket.INADDR_ANY)) #The string "16s15s" corresponds to the packing options: here it packs the arguments into a 16-byte string and a 15-byte string. 
+            self.multicast_socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, socket.IPV6_JOIN_GROUP, mreq)
+
         self.input_buffer = ""
         self.input_index = 0
         self.last_line = -1
@@ -140,7 +141,8 @@ class User(Peer):
         self.listener = Listener(self)
         self.neighbour_manager = PeerManager(self)
         self.inondator = Inondator(self)
-        self.multicastlistener = Multicastlistener(self)
+        if self.squinnondation.multicast: 
+            self.multicastlistener = Multicastlistener(self)
 
         self.add_system_message(f"Listening on {self.main_address[0]}:{self.main_address[1]}", ignore_debug=True)
         self.add_system_message(f"I am {self.id}")
@@ -255,12 +257,14 @@ class User(Peer):
         self.listener.setDaemon(True)
         self.neighbour_manager.setDaemon(True)
         self.inondator.setDaemon(True)
-        self.multicastlistener.setDaemon(True)
 
         self.listener.start()
         self.neighbour_manager.start()
         self.inondator.start()
-        self.multicastlistener.start()
+        
+        if self.squinnondation.multicast:
+            self.multicastlistener.setDaemon(True)
+            self.multicastlistener.start()
 
     def wait_for_key(self) -> None:
         """
@@ -1146,10 +1150,11 @@ class PeerManager(Thread):
                 self.user.send_neighbours()
                 self.last_neighbour = time.time()
             
-            # For the multicast discovery : send a hello every minute.
+            if self.user.squinnondation.multicast:
-            if time.time() - self.last_multicast > 10: #60:
+                # For the multicast discovery : send a hello every minute.
-                self.user.send_hello_multicast()
+                if time.time() - self.last_multicast > 60:
-                self.last_multicast = time.time()
+                    self.user.send_hello_multicast()
+                    self.last_multicast = time.time()
                 
             # Avoid infinite loops
             time.sleep(1)

squinnondation/squinnondation.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class Squinnondation:
     no_emoji: bool
     no_markdown: bool
     debug: bool
+    multicast: bool
     screen: Any
 
     def parse_arguments(self) -> None:
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ class Squinnondation:
         parser.add_argument('--no-markdown', '-nm', action='store_true',
                             help="Don't replace emojis.")
         parser.add_argument('--debug', '-d', action='store_true', help="Debug mode.")
+        parser.add_argument('--multicast', '-mc', action='store_true', help="Use multicast?")
         self.args = parser.parse_args()
 
         if not (1024 <= self.args.bind_port <= 65535) or\
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ class Squinnondation:
         self.no_emoji = self.args.no_emoji
         self.no_markdown = self.args.no_markdown
         self.debug = self.args.debug
+        self.multicast = self.args.multicast
 
     @staticmethod
     def main() -> None:  # pragma: no cover