255.255.255.255 is used as the destination IP address for ARP, DHCP, and a number of other protocols, i.e., local broadcast.
The endpoint of that range ought to be 255.255.255.254, no? Joe Danny McPherson wrote: > > On Sep 22, 2007, at 9:10 AM, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: > >> On 17-sep-2007, at 12:11, Eliot Lear wrote: >> >>> Comments? >> >> At the present time, most IP implementation consider any IP address >> in the range 240.0.0.0 through 255.255.255.255 to be invalid as the >> source or destination of a datagram. >> >> This is untrue. _Most_ implementations have no problem with it. > > Iljitsch, > I'd be quite interested in any empirical evidence you might have > in support of this statement. Pointers welcome. > > Thanks! > > -danny > > > _______________________________________________ > Int-area mailing list > [email protected] > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
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