'use strict'; var dgram = require('dgram'); // SO_REUSEADDR and SO_REUSEPORT are set because // the system mDNS Responder may already be listening on this port var socket = dgram.createSocket({ type: 'udp4' , reuseAddr: true }); var broadcast = '224.0.0.251'; // mdns var port = 5353; // mdns socket.bind(port, function () { console.log('bound on', port); // mDNS must listen on the broadcast membership group address socket.setBroadcast(true); socket.addMembership(broadcast); // ... more stuff });