How can I send packets to 255.255.255.255 from the command line?

[Andrey V. Elsukov]

On 18.08.16 22:29, Ryan Stone wrote:
> I want to test a change to broadcast packet handling and I want to confirm
> that 255.255.255.255 is still handled correctly. Are there any command-line
> tools in FreeBSD that can send to the broadcast address?  ping
> 255.255.255.255 does not work correctly, unfortunately.

There is one in src/tools/regression/netinet/ipbroadcast
You can build it with command
# make WARNS=0

-- 
WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov

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