Getting started
briefly your equipment and the organisation for whom you are working. For
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To determine the IP address of your NAM(s), start Scream and open the network
control window (
+
). A multicast address - 239.193.15.67 - should be
listed. If it is not, key
to add a new UDP server and enter the address
239.193.15.67. – this is a broadcast address that will be recognised by all hosts
on the network. The new server will appear in the Servers list: click on it once
to highlight it and then key
+
. This sends a “GCFPING” packet to
which all GCF servers will reply. The address of your NAM will appear in the
control pane as shown below, along with the addresses of any other GCF
servers.
In this case, a single acknowledgement response (GCFACKN) was received and
it came from the address 10.10.0.1 so this is the address of the NAM. If there
are more than one NAM (or other GCF servers) on the network, multiple
GCFACKN packets will be reported, as shown here:
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