Add option to enable loop back on external interfaces #6
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By default
multicast_expert
will ignore self-reception of packets sent on external/non-loopback interfaces. This PR adds the ability to override the default behavior and receive multicast packets sent over external/non-loopback interfaces.This PR adds the
enable_external_loopback
parameter to bothMcastRxSocket
andMcastTxSocket
initializers. Whenenable_external_loopback
isTrue
,multicast_expert
will be able to receive multicast packets sent with an external, non-loopback interface.