At 13:26 22/07/2003 -0400, "Daniel B. Cid" wrote: >In this case the 0.0.0.0 means a broadcast (DHCP or bootp).
BOOTP broadcasts are sent to the limited broadcast address (255.255.255.255), and *not* to 0.0.0.0. (The 0.0.0.0 address is used as the *source* address, not the destination) >But in other situations the 0.0.0.0 can be localhost or the >default gateway(cisco). What "situations" do you mean? loacalhost is 127..x.x.x . --- Fernando Gont e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
