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Date:      Thu, 18 Aug 2016 15:29:45 -0400
From:      Ryan Stone <rysto32@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   How can I send packets to 255.255.255.255 from the command line?
Message-ID:  <CAFMmRNwXKhNUg35eYS4bE4UZQxTrAhYDatnokDuMtTT33SUMwQ@mail.gmail.com>

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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.



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