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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2882 comp.os.linux.misc:20500 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcomsv!calcite!vjs From: vjs@calcite.rhyolite.com (Vernon Schryver) Subject: Re: nonsense about broadcast address (was I hope this wont ignite ...) Message-ID: <Cto4HC.BoH@calcite.rhyolite.com> Organization: Rhyolite Software Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 20:48:48 GMT References: <3163r7$440@quagga.ru.ac.za> <CtMnq1.C8@rex.uokhsc.edu> <CtnLDs.6zG@cs.vu.nl> Lines: 12 In article <CtnLDs.6zG@cs.vu.nl> philip@cs.vu.nl (Philip Homburg) writes: > ... >A well known property of BSD code is of course the use of x.x.x.0 as >a broadcast address. Well known, perhaps, but only to people who think "BSD" is spelled "SunOS". It's getting close to 10 years since 4.3BSD has used x.x.x.255 as the broadcast address. Vernon Schryver vjs@rhyolite.com