- GNU General Public License, version 3
- GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3
- UDP Packet Broadcast Relay compiled for EdgeMAX MIPS64
- Integrated with EdgeOS CLI
- Can also be configured from the EdgeOS Web GUI
- Lightweight, very low overhead for home based networks
So, like many folk who like to segregate our SOHO home networks with VLANs, subnets, etc., I was frustrated at not being able to use iOS apps, Windows drivers etc. to find and use (in my case) a Play-Fi LAN streaming speaker system on my logical networks.
First, I was able to use IGMP-PROXY for the standard broadcast protocols across my VLANs, however, although systems (NAS, Printers, etc.) were happily broadcasting, the Phorus/Play-Fi 255.255.255.255:10102 broadcasts weren't reflected across the VLANs, which is actually a good thing in general, but not for my use case.
Here is my LAN equipment configuration:
ERL3 -> ToughSwitch 8-Pro (root switch) -> Cisco SG 200-08
Definitive Technology W9 WiFi/Wired speaker is on my home user network VLAN 5 and is located in my den
Office network is VLAN 6
In order to have devices on VLAN 6 discover and use the W9 on VLAN 5, I needed to rebroadcast 255.255.255.255 on port 10102. I accomplished this, by downloading and compiling Joachim Breitner's brilliant udp-broadcast-relay on my ERL3 and then integrating it into the CLI configuration.
YMMV and of course, there is always a risk using any non Ubiquiti approved/test software, but for those of us stuck with equipment that forces a home user paradigm on our networking, this may be the antidote.
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upload install_ubnt_bcast_relay.v1.0 to your router
curl -o /tmp/install_ubnt_bcast_relay.v1.0.tgz https://community.ubnt.com/ubnt/attachments/ubnt/EdgeMAX/67208/1/ubnt-bcast-relay.v1.0.tgz cd /tmp sudo tar zxvf ./install_ubnt_bcast_relay.v1.0.tgz sudo bash ./install_ubnt_bcast_relay.v1.0 select menu option #1 if installing for the first time select menu option #2 to completely remove ubnt_bcast_relay
Using the network description above, here is a working example:
Run configure set service bcast-relay id 1 description 'Play-Fi listener' set service bcast-relay id 1 interface eth0.5 set service bcast-relay id 1 interface eth0.6 set service bcast-relay id 1 port 10102 commit save exit
This generates a configuration stanza like this:
service {
bcast-relay {
id 1 {
description "Play-Fi listener"
interface eth0.5
interface eth0.6
port 10102
}
}
}
Run configure delete service bcast-relay commit save exit