# Failed to setup multicast discovery on port \[54328\] ES can't connect to cluster
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-setup-multicast-discovery-on-port-54328-es-cant-connect-to-cluster/15907
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 19, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-setup-multicast-discovery-on-port-54328-es-cant-connect-to-cluster/15907 "2014-02-19T18:56:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Ogulcan\_Selcuk\_Akbul](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ogulcan_Selcuk_Akbul)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-setup-multicast-discovery-on-port-54328-es-cant-connect-to-cluster/15907/1 "2014-02-19T18:56:12Z")
> [2014-02-19 20:40:58,668][INFO][node]
> [elastic\_inst2] {0.90.0.Beta1}[1368]: initializing ...
> [2014-02-19 20:40:58,676][INFO][plugins]
> [elastic\_inst2] loaded , sites
> [2014-02-19 20:41:01,402][INFO][node]
> [elastic\_inst2] {0.90.0.Beta1}[1368]: initialized
> [2014-02-19 20:41:01,403][INFO][node]
> [elastic\_inst2] {0.90.0.Beta1}[1368]: starting ...
> [2014-02-19 20:41:01,501][INFO][transport]
> [elastic\_inst2] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9301]},
> publish\_address {inet[/192.168.2.130:9301]}
> [2014-02-19 20:41:01,521][WARN][discovery.zen.ping.multicast]
> [elastic\_inst2] disabled, failed to setup multicast discovery on port
> [54328], [/192.168.2.130]: Invalid argument
> [2014-02-19 20:41:04,563][INFO][cluster.service]
> [elastic\_inst2] new\_master
> [elastic\_inst2][VVoWrIc4QRuiSo9-0lhd1g][inet[/192.168.2.130:9301]], reason:
> zen-disco-join (elected\_as\_master)
> [2014-02-19 20:41:04,595][INFO][discovery]
> [elastic\_inst2] elasticsearch\_dc1/VVoWrIc4QRuiSo9-0lhd1g
> [2014-02-19 20:41:05,573][INFO][http]
> [elastic\_inst2] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9201]},
> publish\_address {inet[/192.168.2.130:9201]}
> [2014-02-19 20:41:05,573][INFO][node]
> [elastic\_inst2] {0.90.0.Beta1}[1368]: started
> [2014-02-19 20:41:05,576][INFO][gateway]
> [elastic\_inst2] recovered [0] indices into cluster\_state
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### Author:  [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-setup-multicast-discovery-on-port-54328-es-cant-connect-to-cluster/15907/2 "2014-02-24T12:59:13Z")
Hey,
first, you should really upgrade elasticsearch, this is quite an old beta
version.
Second, if you are using something like amazon ec2, multicast is disabled.
You might want to test with unicast in that case, see
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On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Oğulcan Selcuk Akbulut [gaplan@gmail.com](mailto:gaplan@gmail.com)wrote:
> [2014-02-19 20:40:58,668][INFO][node]
>
> > [elastic\_inst2] {0.90.0.Beta1}[1368]: initializing ...
> > [2014-02-19 20:40:58,676][INFO][plugins]
> > [elastic\_inst2] loaded , sites
> > [2014-02-19 20:41:01,402][INFO][node]
> > [elastic\_inst2] {0.90.0.Beta1}[1368]: initialized
> > [2014-02-19 20:41:01,403][INFO][node]
> > [elastic\_inst2] {0.90.0.Beta1}[1368]: starting ...
> > [2014-02-19 20:41:01,501][INFO][transport]
> > [elastic\_inst2] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9301]},
> > publish\_address {inet[/192.168.2.130:9301]}
> > [2014-02-19 20:41:01,521][WARN][discovery.zen.ping.multicast]
> > [elastic\_inst2] disabled, failed to setup multicast discovery on port
> > [54328], [/192.168.2.130]: Invalid argument
> > [2014-02-19 20:41:04,563][INFO][cluster.service]
> > [elastic\_inst2] new\_master
> > [elastic\_inst2][VVoWrIc4QRuiSo9-0lhd1g][inet[/192.168.2.130:9301]],
> > reason: zen-disco-join (elected\_as\_master)
> > [2014-02-19 20:41:04,595][INFO][discovery]
> > [elastic\_inst2] elasticsearch\_dc1/VVoWrIc4QRuiSo9-0lhd1g
> > [2014-02-19 20:41:05,573][INFO][http]
> > [elastic\_inst2] bound\_address {inet[/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9201]},
> > publish\_address {inet[/192.168.2.130:9201]}
> > [2014-02-19 20:41:05,573][INFO][node]
> > [elastic\_inst2] {0.90.0.Beta1}[1368]: started
> > [2014-02-19 20:41:05,576][INFO][gateway]
> > [elastic\_inst2] recovered [0] indices into cluster\_state
>
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-setup-multicast-discovery-on-port-54328-es-cant-connect-to-cluster/15907/3 "2017-07-06T01:47:50Z")