'use strict'; var dgram = require('dgram') , fs = require('fs') , socket , ssdpPort = 1900 , sourcePort = 61900 , ssdpAddress = '239.255.255.250' , myIface = '192.168.1.4' , mySt = 'urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:InternetGatewayDevice:1' ; function broadcastSsdp() { var query ; query = new Buffer( 'M-SEARCH * HTTP/1.1\r\n' + 'HOST: ' + ssdpAddress + ':' + ssdpPort + '\r\n' + 'MAN: "ssdp:discover"\r\n' + 'MX: 1\r\n' + 'ST: ' + mySt + '\r\n' + '\r\n' ); fs.writeFileSync('upnp-search.txt', query, null); // Send query on each socket socket.send(query, 0, query.length, ssdpPort, ssdpAddress); } // TODO test interface.family === 'IPv4' socket = dgram.createSocket('udp4'); socket.on('listening', function () { console.log('socket ready...'); console.log(myIface + ':' + ssdpPort); broadcastSsdp(); }); socket.on('message', function (chunk, info) { var message = chunk.toString(); console.log('[incoming] UDP message'); console.log(message); console.log(info); }); console.log('binding to', sourcePort); socket.bind(sourcePort, myIface);