Is administrator permission required when parsing ICMP messages using raw sockets?

liqinshun · May 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM

We need to use ICMP or UDP to implement Traceroute to detect nodes on the network. Although the raw socket can be avoided during the sending UDP message stage, in the message reception stage, the raw socket must be used to parse ICMP messages.

It has been implemented on the development machine and tested normally. But I don't know if there is a difference between the development and the client machine in terms of administrator rights, and whether the client machine needs to apply for administrator rights to run the program normally.

If not, is there any way to avoid administrator rights to complete the Traceroute work?

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Alvaro A-

Hi liqinshun,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Xbox Community. I understand that you have questions related to Windows API.

Here's the official documentation about TCP / IP Raw Sockets:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32...

Please note that you've reached Xbox community. If you have further questions regarding TCP / IP, allow me to redirect you to the correct category and community where you could post your questions - which is the Windows API:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/tags/...

Regards,

Alvaro

DrifterX22

Do you have administrator permissions on your PC?
Some games require additional components to be installed for the game to function properly. Depending on the components being installed, you may be prompted for permission from an administrator during game installation or when the game
is first launched.

See
Create a local user or administrator account in Windows 10 for more information.

EchoicBobcat993

I have an administrator account and I still have this issue on games requiring admin permission...

Miss Kleo

Hey again W3iRDiE! When you have an ICMP-error it means that your router is not responding to the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) requests. ICMP is used to relay messages between your Xbox 360 console and the network, definitely a crucial thing!
Since a wired connection seems to be out of the question, can I have you try restoring your router to the factory defaults? Also, can you run a speed test at speedtest.net and provide us with an image of the results?

HuntingZibod75

Did not work for me, nor have any of the other suggested fixes.

Reported every time through the feedback hub app.

Also found a "Gaming Services" update installed last night, no difference. Same for the latest cumulative update.

It seems a very widespread problem, relating specifically to games that require administrator permissions to install. None are prompting for any further input, and I have tried "Run as administrator".

I can install anything from the Microsoft store that does not have the specified" Administrator permission required" though.

Is administrator permission required when parsing ICMP messages using raw sockets?