Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: why broadcast on *.0 (network) addresses ? | Date | Wed, 27 Jan 1999 17:09:53 +0200 (EET) | From | Matti Aarnio <> |
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Harald Koenig <koenig@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de> asks: ( Is this really Harald, or an Imposter ? )
> why do I get > 64 bytes from 134.2.170.66: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.4 ms (DUP!) > when I run > ping 134.2.170.0 > > on another PC in the same network ? please not the broadcast setup below! > ping to `134.2.170.255' are broadcasts, but what about packages sent > to `134.2.170.0' ?
All ones, and all zeroes in the subnet address is a sign of a broadcast. Original broadcast was "all zeroes". Why this change has been made some 10 years ago, I don't know. (Propably it has been told in some RFC...)
> this happens with both 2.0 and 2.2 kernel. ... > thanks for any pointer, > Harald Koenig, \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ > Inst.f.Theoret.Astrophysik // / \\ \ > koenig@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de ^^^^^ ^^^^^
/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>
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