Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: why broadcast on *.0 (network) addresses ? | Date | Wed, 27 Jan 1999 17:31:45 -0500 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <19990127154230.46082@alamak.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de>, Harald Ko enig writes: +----- | 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' ? +--->8
.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.
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
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