diff --git a/conf/freeswitch.xml b/conf/freeswitch.xml
index 5ab566e969..59658299a8 100644
--- a/conf/freeswitch.xml
+++ b/conf/freeswitch.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     <configuration name="event_multicast.conf" description="Multicast Event">
       <settings>
         <param name="address" value="225.1.1.1"/>
-        <param name="port" value="424242"/>
+        <param name="port" value="4242"/>
         <param name="bindings" value="all"/>
       </settings>
     </configuration>
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
         <param name="rtp-timer-name" value="soft"/>
         <param name="rtp-ip" value="192.168.1.20"/>
         <param name="sip-ip" value="192.168.1.20"/>
+        <!--<param name="auth-calls" value="true"/>-->
         <!-- optional ; -->
         <!-- <param name="ext-rtp-ip" value="stun:stun.server.com"/>-->
         <!-- <param name="ext-rtp-ip" value="100.101.102.103"/> -->
@@ -484,9 +485,13 @@
   </section>
 
   <section name="directory" description="User Directory">
+    <!--the domain or ip (the right hand side of the @ in the addr-->
     <domain name="mydomain.com">
+    <!--the user id (the left hand side of the @ in the addr-->
       <user id="1000">
+	<!-- omit password for authless registration -->
 	<param name="password" value="mypass"/>
+	<!--various endpoints and application will look for user specific settings here -->
 	<param name="mypref" value="myval"/>
 	</user>
     </domain>
diff --git a/scripts/multicast/recv.pl b/scripts/multicast/recv.pl
index ec55daf840..241d9df571 100644
--- a/scripts/multicast/recv.pl
+++ b/scripts/multicast/recv.pl
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ my $socket = IO::Socket::Multicast->new( LocalPort => $port, ReuseAddr => 1 );
 $socket->mcast_add($ip);
 
 while($socket->recv($data,1024)) {
+  $data =~ s/^.{8}//;
   print $data;
 }
diff --git a/scripts/multicast/send.pl b/scripts/multicast/send.pl
index ed4c84dfe2..7b8a9aea6d 100755
--- a/scripts/multicast/send.pl
+++ b/scripts/multicast/send.pl
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ $/ = undef;
 my $buf = <I>;
 close(I);
 
-$socket->send("$buf\n");
+$socket->send("00000000$buf\n");