How to test whether multicast works in my environment?

Environment

• Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
  • 4.x
  • 5.x
  • 6.x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7

Issue

• How can I test whether multicast is configured correctly and works in my environment?
• How to test and debug multicast in Red Hat High Availability Cluster?
• How to test and debug multicast in JBOSS?
• How to verify if multicast works between servers?
• How to check multicast traffic between 2 nodes?

Resolution

Choose one of the following methods:

• For JBoss EAP 4, 5, 6 and 7 :
  • How to test multicast using JGroups in JBoss EAP 4, 5, 6, or 7?
• For RHEL 5, 6, and 7 :
  • How to ping to a multicast address for testing?
  • How can I debug and test whether multicast traffic is working between two hosts?

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