dbeacon software package provides Multicast beacon, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install dbeacon
dbeacon is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dbeacon package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dbeacon *
You will get with dbeacon package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Network |
| Package | dbeacon |
| Version | 0.4.0-1 |
| Description | Multicast beacon |
| Sub Section | Net |