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Can I test broadcast packets on a single machine?

I want to have a server sending broadcast UDP packets and two other clients, in the same machine, receiving them. Can I do that somehow? What IP address would I use? @gravyface gave me hope but I ...
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Support for multicast/broadcast on hosting providers [closed]

Are there any good hosting providers that support servers with multicasting/broadcast? I know EC2 doesn't I am writing the back-end of an application and would ideally go with with UDP ...
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How managed switches handle Broadcast Multicast and Unicast?

Under typical scenarios, a network switch needs to handle broadcast, multicast and unicast messages at the same time. I'd like to understand On a typical managed switch (1Gb Ethernet/10Gb Ethernet), ...