Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:24:48 +0000 | From | Martijn van Oosterhout <> | Subject | Re: why broadcast on *.0 (network) addresses ? |
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>.0 is the "old" broadcast address, used by e.g. older SunOS hosts. It's not >supposed to be used any more, but for backward compatibility .0 is often >accepted as a synonym for .255.
Forgive me if I'm ignorant, but shouldn't the kernel send a broadcast only if the IP matches the configured broadcast address?
Or is the configured broadcast address ignored, or is .0 always a broadcast?
Awaiting enlightenment,
Martijn van Oosterhout Australia
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